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The leader of a church-run school in Orlando was called into a fourth-grade classroom where more than a dozen children were allegedly acting out, and spanked them. Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain investigated his actions as possible child abuse but did not file charges. When the decision was announced last month, it begged a question: Florida still allows corporal punishment in its .
The leader of a church-run school in Orlando was called into a fourth-grade classroom where more than a dozen children were allegedly acting out, and spanked them. Orange-Osceola State Attorney Andrew Bain investigated his actions as possible child abuse but did not file charges. When the decision was announced last month, it begged a question: Florida still allows corporal punishment in its .
"As stated above, Gray intentionally struck sixteen children without parental consent. Therefore, there is probable cause to charge Terence Gray with 16 counts of Battery. These charges will be filed with the State's Attorney's Office, " said police.