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Biases in the Zero Tolerance Policy
- Zero tolerance policies tend to disproportionately affect students of color, ESL students, students with disabilities, and LGBT students.
- Black students with disabilities are 4 times more likely to receive multiple suspensions than white students with disabilities.
- Black students with disabilities are 2 times more likely to be expelled than white students with disabilities.
- Black girls with disabilities had a 44% chance to be suspended multiple times in comparison to girls with disabilities of any other ethnicity.
- Native American students with disabilities represent only 1% of the student population, but are 3.5 times more likely to receive multiple suspensions compared to white students with disabilities.
- Native American students with disabilities are 3 times more likely to be expelled than white students with disabilities.
- Students with disabilities are 2 times as likely to be suspended compared to students without disabilities.
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Updated 2023-02-26
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