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Thursday, January 26, 2012

MARYLAND: State school board proposing discipline overhaul

BALTIMORE — Maryland's state school board is looking at cutting the number of student suspensions which some believe are linked to low achievement rates among special education and minority students.
Board President James H. DeGraffenreidt Jr. says the board plans to propose regulations next month to require school districts to develop a plan to reduce nonviolent offenses as well the number of suspensions of special education and minority students. The board is also proposing the elimination of expulsions except in the case of students who have a firearm.

The board president told The Baltimore Sun that 8 percent of students were suspended last school year with minority and special education students far more likely to be suspended. Board members believe there is a link between the suspension rate and low achievement.

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