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Black students made up nearly 80% of suspensions in Milwaukee public schools, according to 2023-2024 school year data. That is, out of the 15,739 students suspended by the school system, 12,456 ...
Nationally, more than 101,000 students were expelled and 2.5 million suspended in the 2017-18 school year, the most recent year for which federal data is available, and many fear those numbers ...
According to data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), out of school suspensions have plummeted compared to the previous school year, while in school suspensions ...
In the United States, expulsion criteria and process vary from state to state. Depending on local school board jurisdiction, approval from that school's local school board may be required before a student can be expelled, as opposed to a suspension, which may require approval from the principal or a school board member, including the ...
In 2006, 95 percent of out-of-school suspensions were for nonviolent, minor disruptions such as tardiness. [37] In 2006–2007, "out-of-school suspensions for non-serious, non-violent offenses accounted for 37.2% of suspensions in Maryland, whereas only 6.7% of suspensions were issued for dangerous behaviors". [18]
The New York State Education Department and the Board of Regents has included out-of-school suspensions in the Every Student Succeeds Act, attempting to hold schools accountable for the suspension rates of different groups of students, this includes Black students' higher suspension rates compared to that of other racial and ethnic groups.
In Minnesota, the share of expulsions and out-of-school suspensions going to Black students dropped from 40% in 2018 to 32% four years later — still nearly three times Black students’ share of ...
In New York City, Carmen Fariña, head of the New York City Department of Education, restricted school suspension by principals in 2015. [8] The Los Angeles Unified school board, responsible for educating 700,000 students, voted in 2013 to ban suspensions for "willful defiance", which had mostly been used against students from racial minorities.