Despite state mandate to keep students in class, some schools continue to have high suspension rates | TheLensNola.org : Investigative Journalism New Orleans - 0 views
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Jeff Bernstein on 13 Sep 11The legislative mandate was simple - keep kids in school if at all possible, suspension and expulsion having been identified as a point of entry for the school-to-prison pipeline. Passed in 2003, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act endorsed a wide variety of measures to reduce rates of juvenile incarceration. One such measure was support for in-school programs that reward students for good behavior rather than simply punishing them for acting out. It identified the state's higher than average suspension and expulsion rates as a cause for concern.