; (2) ensure the safety of all students and school personnel in schools and promote a positive school culture and climate; and (3) assist States, local educational agencies, and schools in identifying and implementing effective evidence-based models to prevent and reduce— (A) corporal punishment in schools; and (B) aversive behavior interventions that compromise health. 4. Prohibition against corporal punishment Subpart 4 of part C of the General Education Provisions Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1232f et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 448. Prohibition against corporal punishment (a) General prohibition No funds shall be made available under any applicable program to any educational agency or institution, including a local educational agency or State educational agency, that has a policy or practice which allows school personnel to inflict corporal punishment upon a student— (1) as a form of punishment; or (2) for the purpose of modifying undesirable behavior. (b) Local educational agencies (1) In general In the case of an applicable program under which a local educational agency may only receive funds through a State educational agency that is prohibited under subsection (a) from receiving funds under any applicable program, a local educational agency that is not prohibited under subsection (a) from receiving such funds may apply directly to the Secretary to receive funds under the program. (2) Certification Each local educational agency applying directly to the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall certify in such application that the agency is not prohibited under subsection (a) from receiving funds under any applicable program. (c) Rule of construction Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude school personnel from using, within the scope of employment, reasonable restraint to the lightest possible degree upon a student, if— (1) the student’s behavior poses an imminent danger of physical injury to the student, school personnel, or others