NEW Report on How School Discipline Relates to Academic & Juvenile Justice Outcomes

The CSG Justice Center, in partnership with the Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University, has released an unprecedented statewide study of nearly 1 million Texas public secondary school students, followed for at least six years. Among its startling findings are that the majority of students were suspended or expelled between seventh to twelfth grade. The study also found that when students are suspended or expelled, the likelihood that they will repeat a grade, not graduate, and/or become involved in the juvenile justice system increases significantly. African-American students & children with particular educational disabilities who qualify for special education were suspended & expelled at especially high rates. The report was funded by the Funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies & the Open Society Foundations. For more information go to http://justicecenter.csg.org/resources/juveniles .