teacher to the body of a child ranging in severity from a slap to a spanking and it just happened to taylor santos in springtown, texas. to be clear, taylor was in trouble for cheating and she asked for the spanking instead of suspension. the school called mom and mom agreed. but what mom did not know is how severe it would be and that it would come from a male adult. take a listen. >> it looked almost as if it had been burned and blistered it was so bad. >> it was bright red like bad. i still have whelps on me today. >> the school board is now changing its stance on paddling. parents will have to opt in. they will choose whether a male or female will dole out the punishment. but it raises a larger issue about corporal punishment overall. the affects of spanking a child and can it harm them in the long run? grace joins me tonight from miami. great to talk to you about this. let's get to it. is spanking an okay form of punishment on a child, in your opinion? >> in my opinion, i don't condone spanking. simply so much in that it is a form of violence. we know that discipline although it's a very impo

it already happened to 15-year-old taylor santos. a paddling to reduce a suspension for allegedly copying class work. her mom aof proed it but tells afill yat wfaa she didn't realize a male vice principal would be administering the punishment against school policy. >> it was like it had been burned and blistered it was so bad. >> it was bright red, like bad. i still have welts on me today. >> 19 states, including texas do allow corporal punishment in schools. >>> all right. 33 minutes past the hour. our big story this morning, in just a few hours, president obama will address the united nations general assembly, the speech comes as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has increased pressure on the white house to clearly set a red line for iran's nuclear program. joining me now from tel aviv is deputy speaker of the parliament, the knesset. thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate your time. president obama will not be meeting with prime minister netanyahu. >> thank you. good morning. >> good morning to you. or any ot

. >> reporter: taylor santos is a sophomore with good grades at this high school north of ft. ng another student cheat, taylor got a paddle to the backside. >> i still have welts on me today. >> reporter: taylor and her mother, chose corporal punishment over a day-long suspension. they're not outraged she was spanked, but by who did it, her male vice principal. >> men are too big and strong to be hitting 96-pound girls. >> reporter: jada watt, a year ahead of taylor at springtown high. she admits she smarted off to the same male vice principal with the same result. >> a swat is a swat. yes, it is. and they do sting. but to bruise a child? >> reporter: texas is one of 19 states that allows corporal punishment in schools usually as long as a parent agrees. the school superintendent tells abc news in both cases his administrators followed texas law. but they violated their own school policy, which states spanking a student can only be done by an employee of the same sex. jada says not only was she paddled by a male vice principal, it was observed by a male police officer. >> two m

. >> reporter: taylor santos is a good student. e got caught helping another student cheat, taylor got a pad to the back side. taylor and her mother actually chose corporal punishment. who was actually who did it. jada watt is a year ahead of her. she admits she smarted off to the same male principal with the same result. >> a swat is a swat, yes, it is and they do sting. but to bruise a child -- >> reporter: texas is one of 19 states that allows corporal punishment in schools, usually as long as the parents agree. they violated their own school policy which states spanking a student can only be done by an employee of the same sex. jada says not only was she paddled by a male vice principal, it was observed by ail male police officer. >> two men giving her a swat behind closed doors, that is crazy. >> reporter: tonight, they have asked the board to change that policy. these mothers say men should not hit women under any circumstances. for "good morning america," ryan owens, abc, springtown, texas. >> we were just talking to sam cham

. >> reporter: taylor santos is a sophomore with good grades at this high school in north texas. ught helping another student cheat, taylor got a paddle to the back side. >> i still have welts on me today. >> reporter: taylor and her mother actually chose corporal punishment over day-long suspension. they're not shocked at what happened but they are by who did it. it was her male vice principal. jada watt is a year ahead of her. she admits she smarted off to the same male principal with the same result. >> a swat is a swat, yes, it is and they do sting. but to bruise a child -- >> reporter: texas is one of 19 states that allows corporal punishment in schools, usually as long as a parent agrees. the school superintendent says in both cases, they followed texas law. but they violated their own school policy which states spanking a student can only be done by an employee of the same sex. jada says not only was she paddled by a male vice principal, it was observed by ail male police officer. >> two men giving her a swat behind closed doors, that is creepy. >> reporter: tonight, school

. >> reporter: 15-year-old taylor santos is a well-regarded student. t caught letting another student copy her homework. instead of a two-day suspension and missing classes taylor decided to take the paddle. in this case the mom said fit was okay with taylor, it was okay with her. but the rule is male students are female students are paddled by the same gender. in this case taylor was paddled by a male vice principal. >> there were welts on me today. >> men are too big and strong to be mitting 9 pound girls. >> reporter: another female student got paddled by that same vice principal. she also had the marks to show for it. listen to her mom. >> a swat is a swat. and they do sting. but to bruise a child? two men giving her a swat behind closed doors? that is creepy. >> reporter: both of the moms call this legalized child abuse saying if they did that to their own kids child protective services would be on their door steps. 31 states have abolished corporal punishment. the people sort says it's okay until it's abolished by local authority. the superintende

>> the talks are taking place after -- it already happened to a 15-year-old girl, taylor santos.gh school sophomore opted for padling to reduce a suspension she received for allegedly copying class work. forem her mom okayed the spanking, but said that was before she realized a male vice principal would be dishing out the punishment which apparently is in violation of school policy. >> it looked almost as if it had been burned and blistered. it was so bad. and it was bright red, like bad. i still have welts on me today. >> so again that school is now having discussions that would allow the male teachers to spank female students. soledad. 19 states in the u.s., including texas, do allow corporal punishment in schools. >> i am not judgmental. however there is so much wrong with that story. first of all why would you choose between getting smacked and being suspended when really she should stay in school and learn something. that would be a much better punishment to have to say in than do something after school. it's crazy to not have a student not no school anyway. and to have anyb

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tailor santos is a sophomore in texas, and she was caught cheating for which the punishment was spanking. >> reporter: after she got caught helping another student cheat, taylorackside. taylor and her mother chose the spanking over a one-day suspension. they are outraged by who did it their male vice principal. >> cenk: that's drama. here is more. >> reporter: texas is one of 19 states that allows corporal punishment in schools usually as long as a parent agrees. the superintendent told nbc news that in both cases they followed texas law, but violated school policy which states spanking a student can only be done by a employ of the same sex. >> cenk: we found a website that give example of spanking. you get an example of what we're talking about. watch. [ inaudible ] >> three? >> yeah, three. >> cenk: now as you see that tape -- and the reason we showed it to you, is so you understand it can be pretty damn painful and severe. jayar jackson spanking should or shouldn't be allowed? >> of course not. as the guy from the cut said because it's a male vice principal. [ laughter ] >> i don't care if the parents or the student agree it to because i think also on the