State Report Card
Suspensions
View/download 2003 Suspensions (PDF
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WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
This table shows the number of students who have
been temporarily dismissed from school or sent to an alternative
placement, broken out by the reason for the suspension. There are
a total of 40 types of infraction listed on the table. In the past,
only 12 categories of suspensions were reported, and a great many
suspensions were categorized simply as “other.”
WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR
The state’s overall goal is to reduce “time
lost from school” to 5 percent – that is, the average
student would miss only one day of school out of every 20 school
days. An out-of-school suspension counts as “time lost from
school.” So the state’s goal is to reduce out-of-school
suspensions as much as possible, while still ensuring that all public
schools maintain safe and drug-free learning environments.
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