(a)
(1) Except as provided under subdivision (a)(2) of this section, teachers and administrators in a school district that authorizes use of corporal punishment in the school district's written student discipline policy shall be immune from any civil liability for administering corporal punishment to students, provided only that the corporal punishment is administered in substantial compliance with the school district's written student discipline policy.
(2) A teacher or administrator in a school district that authorizes use of corporal punishment in the school district's written student discipline policy is not immune from civil liability under subdivision (a)(1) of this section if the teacher or administrator uses corporal punishment on a child who is intellectually disabled, nonambulatory, nonverbal, or autistic.
(b) As used in subsection (a) of this section, “teachers and administrators” means those persons employed by a school district and required to have a state-issued license as a condition of their employment.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 2 - Elementary and Secondary Education Generally
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 6-17-102. Emergency first aid personnel
§ 6-17-104. Teachers' records and reports
§ 6-17-106. Insult or abuse of teacher
§ 6-17-108. Authority for teachers to wear religious clothing
§ 6-17-109. Travel reimbursement for family and consumer science teachers
§ 6-17-110. Program to increase racial and ethnic sensitivity
§ 6-17-111. Duty-free lunch period
§ 6-17-112. Corporal punishment — Immunity from liability — Definition
§ 6-17-113. Duty to report and investigate student criminal acts — Definitions
§ 6-17-114. Daily planning period — Definition
§ 6-17-115. Elective or appointive office — State policy — Public school district policy
§ 6-17-116. The Arkansas School Children Protection Act — Definitions
§ 6-17-117. Noninstructional duties — Definitions
§ 6-17-118. Public education surplus computer loan program
§ 6-17-119. Alternative pay programs — Definitions
§ 6-17-120. Membership in labor organizations — Definition
§ 6-17-121. Pre-employment and random drug screening — Definitions