In the Antelope Valley, Black students and students with disabilities are systematically neglected, punished and criminalized under a locally-sanctioned system of discipline that violates state and federal laws and denies them their right to an education. Now those students and their families are suing the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD) and asking theContinue reading “Lawsuit: Black and Disabled Students Suffer Discrimination & Banishment in Antelope Valley”
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Sacramento City Unified School District Settlement in Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Increases Accountability
Sacramento, Calif. — A group of plaintiffs that includes the Black Parallel School Board and several individual students has reached a settlement agreement with the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) in a lawsuit that challenged the district’s longstanding harmful practices of excluding and segregating students with disabilities, particularly Black students with disabilities. The settlementContinue reading “Sacramento City Unified School District Settlement in Race and Disability Discrimination Lawsuit Increases Accountability”
Report: Hidden expulsions? Schools kick students out but call it a ‘transfer’
A recent report summarized in an April 4, 2023, Los Angeles Times article highlights school transfers, a largely hidden segment of the school-to-prison pipeline. According to the Hechinger Report, transfers “represent a large yet hidden share of California’s exclusionary discipline, blocking students from attending their own schools and pushing them onto new campuses or intoContinue reading “Report: Hidden expulsions? Schools kick students out but call it a ‘transfer’”