State board members ‘outraged’ by number of young students suspended

By: Jacqueline Rabe Thomas | May 3, 2017

Public schools in Connecticut suspended or expelled 1,674 students in preschool to Grade 2 during the last school year – despite state law limiting such discipline to students who are sexually or physically violent, bring a firearm to school or distribute drugs.  Most of those disciplined where black or Hispanic, and nearly one-quarter of youngsters who are disabled or have a learning disability were removed from class. While the number of young students who received out-of-school suspensions was cut nearly in half over the last two school years, the number receiving in-school suspensions was unchanged.

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https://ctmirror.org/2017/05/03/state-board-members-outraged-by-number-of-young-students-suspended/

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