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A lawsuit filed by the Center for Children's Advocacy contends that the state is denying expelled students their constitutionally protected right to an education.
The suit names Bloomfield, Hartford and Manchester's public school districts, the state Department of Education and the state Board of Education as defendants.
"Connecticut routinely pushes out students through disciplinary proceedings and relegates them to an inferior education that doesn't meet basic standards," said Marisa Halm, who oversees a juvenile justice project for the Center for Children's Advocacy. The lawsuit claims that the substandard alternative education offered to expelled children disproportionately affects students of color and violates equal protection guarantees of both the state and U.S. constitutions.