Protecting our Students in Schools Act of 2026

(a) Prohibition. No student shall be subjected to corporal punishment by program personnel, a law enforcement officer, or a school security guard under any program which receives Federal financial assistance.

(b) Private right of action. A student who has been subjected to corporal punishment by program personnel, a law enforcement officer, or a school security guard in violation of subsection (a), or the parent of such student, may file a civil action in any Federal or State court of competent jurisdiction against the program under which the violation is alleged to have occurred for attorneys’ fees, expert fees, injunctive relief, and compensatory damages.