1. Corporal punishment must not be administered upon a pupil in any public school. 2. Subsection 1 does not prohibit any person from defending himself or herself if attacked by a pupil. 3. As used in this section, corporal punishment means the intentional infliction of physical pain upon or the physical restraint of a pupil for disciplinary purposes. The term does not include the use of reasonable and necessary force: (a) To quell a disturbance that threatens physical injury to any person or the destruction of property; (b) To obtain possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within a pupils control; (c) For the purpose of self-defense or the defense of another person; or (d) To escort a disruptive pupil who refuses to go voluntarily with the proper authorities.
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