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Home Publications The Effect of Discipline Reform Plans on Exclusionary Discipline Outcomes in Minnesota
In 2017 the Minnesota Department of Human Rights identified 43 local education agencies in the state as being in violation of the Minnesota Human Rights Act for their use of exclusionary discipline practices (suspensions, exclusions, and expulsions) at higher rates for American Indian students, Black students, and students in special education, as well as for their overall use of discipline practices. The department agreed not to pursue legal action against any identified local education agency that created and implemented a plan to reform its discipline practices. This study examined the use of exclusionary discipline practices by Minnesota local education agencies from 2014/15 through 2018/19 and the extent to which the creation of discipline reform plans by identified local education agencies was associated with changes in discipline outcomes. The study found that creating a discipline reform plan was not associated with a statistically significant change in exclusionary discipline actions experienced by students. [For the full report, see ED614777. For the Study Snapshot, see ED614778. For the Study Brief, see ED614779.]
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African American Students, American Indian Students, Best Practices, Civil Rights, Cooperative Planning, Discipline, Discipline Policy, Disproportionate Representation, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Ethnicity, Expulsion, Geographic Location, Low Income Students, Minority Group Students, Racial Differences, School Districts, Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Suspension, White StudentsPublication Information
Midwest | Publication Type: Descriptive Study | Publication
Date: September 2021
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