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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 500
October 9, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Clancy
,
Mayadev
,
Andraca
,
Bare
,
Billings
,
DeSanto
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Fitzgerald
,
Joers
,
Johnson
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Phelps
,
Roe
,
Snodgrass
,
Stubbs
,
Subeck
,
Tenorio
,
Haywood
and
Sinicki
, cosponsored by Senators
Roys
,
Hesselbein
,
Larson
,
Ratcliff
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB500,1,4
1
An Act
to renumber and amend
118.31 (1);
to amend
118.305 (3) (e), 118.31
2
(2), 118.31 (3) (intro.), 118.31 (4), 118.31 (5) and 118.31 (6);
to create
118.31
3
(1) (b) and 118.31 (1) (c) of the statutes;
relating to:
prohibiting corporal
4
punishment in public and private schools.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, no official, employee, or agent of a school board may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district to corporal punishment. Current law defines “corporal punishment” as the intentional infliction of physical pain that is used as a means of discipline, which includes paddling, slapping, and prolonged maintenance of physically painful positions.
This bill expands the prohibition against subjecting pupils to corporal punishment to apply to officials, employees, and agents of school boards, governing boards of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB500,1
5
Section
1
.
118.305 (3) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB500,2,2
1
118.305
(3)
(e) It does not constitute corporal punishment, as defined in s.
2
118.31 (1)
(a)
.
AB500,2
3
Section
2
.
118.31 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 118.31 (1) (intro.) and
4
amended to read:
AB500,2,5
5
118.31
(1)
(intro.) In this section
, “corporal
:
AB500,2,11
6
(a) “Corporal
punishment” means the intentional infliction of physical pain
7
which
that
is used as a means of discipline. “Corporal punishment” includes, but is
8
not limited to, paddling, slapping
,
or prolonged maintenance of physically painful
9
positions, when used as a means of discipline. “Corporal punishment” does not
10
include actions consistent with an individualized education program developed
11
under s. 115.787 or reasonable physical activities associated with athletic training.
AB500,3
12
Section
3
.
118.31 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,2,13
13
118.31
(1)
(b) “Governing body” means any of the following:
AB500,2,14
14
1. For a public school that is not a charter school, a school board.
AB500,2,15
15
2. For a charter school, the governing board of the charter school.
AB500,2,16
16
3. For a private school, the governing body of the private school.
AB500,4
17
Section
4
.
118.31 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:
AB500,2,19
18
118.31
(1)
(c) “School” means a public school, including a charter school, and
19
a private school.
AB500,5
20
Section
5
.
118.31 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB500,2,23
21
118.31
(2)
Except as provided in sub. (3), no official, employee
,
or agent of
a
22
school board
the governing body of a school
may subject a pupil enrolled in the
23
school
district
to corporal punishment.
AB500,6
1
Section
6
.
118.31 (3) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB500,3,4
2
118.31
(3)
(intro.) Subsection (2) does not prohibit an official, employee
,
or
3
agent of
a school board
the governing body of a school
from
doing any of the
4
following
:
AB500,7
5
Section
7
.
118.31 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB500,3,11
6
118.31
(4)
Each
school board
governing body of a school
shall adopt a policy
7
that allows any official, employee
,
or agent of the
school board
governing body of the
8
school
to use reasonable and necessary force for the purposes of sub. (3) (a) to (h). In
9
determining whether or not a person was acting within the exceptions in sub. (3),
10
deference shall be given to reasonable, good faith judgments made by an official,
11
employee
,
or agent of
a school board
the governing body of the school
.
AB500,8
12
Section
8
.
118.31 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB500,3,17
13
118.31
(5)
Except as provided in s. 939.61 (1), this section does not create a
14
separate basis for civil liability of
a school board
the governing body of a school
or
15
their
its
officials, employees
,
or agents for damages arising out of claims involving
16
allegations of improper or unnecessary use of force by school employees against
17
students
pupils
.
AB500,9
18
Section
9
.
118.31 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB500,3,22
19
118.31
(6)
Nothing in this section shall prohibit, permit
,
or otherwise affect
20
any action taken by an official, employee
,
or agent of
a school board
the governing
21
body of a school
with regard to a person who is not a pupil enrolled in the school
22
district
.
AB500,10
23
Section
10
. Effective date.
AB500,4,1
1
(
1
)
This act takes effect on the first July 1 after publication.
AB500,4,2
2
(end)
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