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CCSD reports declines in suspensions and repeat suspensions after AB 330 implementation
Summary
Associate Superintendent Kevin McPartland told trustees July 2 the district saw a 9% drop in suspensions in 2024-25, a nearly 40% decline in students suspended multiple times, and reductions in discretionary expulsions after code-of-conduct updates tied to AB 330.
Clark County School District staff told the Board of Trustees July 2 that several discipline measures declined after the district updated its student code of conduct to comply with Assembly Bill 330.
Kevin McPartland, Associate Superintendent for Educational Services, said the district recorded a 9% decrease in total suspensions in 2024-25 compared with 2023-24. McPartland provided school-year comparisons and student counts: 2023-24 had 30,326 suspensions representing 18,452 individual students, of whom 6,163 were suspended multiple times; 2024-25 had 27,631 suspensions representing 12,889 students, of whom 3,775 were suspended two or more times. McPartland characterized the reduction in repeated suspensions as nearly a 40% decrease.
McPartland said the districtimplemented an addendum to the code of conduct in October 2023 and a revised code of conduct in July 2024 aligned with AB 330. Key changes required or encouraged by AB 330 that the district addressed include lowering some age thresholds for certain disciplinary actions (battery-related discipline…
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