3 QUICK FACTS on Out-of-school Suspension in Louisiana, 2009-2010
• Out-of-school suspension is not solely a popular disciplinary tool in large urban districts, but is being used frequently all across the state. • The list of districts which suspend the largest number of students in proportion to their total enrollment actually suggests that students in rural, lower-enrollment districts are actually more likely to be suspended from school than students in most urban areas of the state. • Black students are almost universally over represented in the numbers of children suspended out-of-school in Louisiana.
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