Somewhat relevant. Corporal punishment isn't uncommon, at least in terms of being on the books, in the South - and not so in GA, either (at least geographically; save for metro areas and along the coast). However, in practice, the vast majority of corporal punishment instances recorded during the 2 years this was made was on either disabled children, children of color, or both.
Why is it literally always the South we have to drag kicking and screaming into the 21st century? I mean really, has the South /EVER/ had a cause that is succeeded in convincing the rest of the nation was the correct way of doing things?