Florida is one of 18 states to allow corporal punishment in schools. Will it change?

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 schools?

In fact, the state is one of 18 that continue to permit the practice, although data show the number of incidents has declined each year over the last decade.