Does the teacher have the right to hit my child?

Does the teacher have the right to hit my child?

Harvey Hoyo (President, California School Counselors Association) gives expert video advice on: What happens now that my child has been expelled from school?; Does the teacher have the right to hit my child? and more...

In most states in the United States, no. There are state laws. There are some states that don't address this, and that allow the teacher to not hit the child, not beat the child, but to spank the child. Usually that's done in the presence of an administrator. That is sort of dying out now in the United States, where we don't condone that.