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While 31 states have now banned corporal punishment, these states still allow it: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wyoming.
At the same time, use of corporal punishment dropped dramatically.â. The use of paddling in North Carolina schools has declined by as much as 50 percent in recent years, according to the state Department of Public Instruction. During the 2011-12 school year, more than 400 children were spanked in school.