With the Trump administration and several members of Congress, including Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, considering assembling a proposed Federal Commission on School Safety to repeal 2014 guidelines regarding school disciplinary action, we thought it would be important to take a closer look at how any changes in these disciplinary actions could disproportionately affect children of color and children living with disabilities.

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What We Discuss:

• How school disciplinary actions affect children living with disabilities, many of whom have behavioral challenges that are involuntary
• Why any reconsideration of disciplinary action should include awareness of how the guidelines and rules apply to all children
• Why gun violence control is merely an excuse given by DeVos in order to change current disciplinary guidelines
• Instead of completely repealing and overhauling the current guidelines, why it’s better to attempt to strengthen the current guidelines
• Why there is a disparity in how discipline is applied in various situations and with regards to various students
• Could the training of independent professionals help solve arbitrary application within schools?

Resources Mentioned:

COPAA

Alex Casillas article 

Contact Information for Betsy DeVos’s office:

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