On September 24, 2005, Associated Press writer Michael Gormley reported a significant rise in formal corporal punishment complaints in New York public schools over the past five years.  Specifically, complaints more than doubled over that time period, with 4,223 accusations in 2004 alone.  At the same time,  there has also been an increase in the number of school districts that failed to file the required semiannual reports detailing corporal punishment allegations. 

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