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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 age reduced from 11 to 8), requiring suspension-with-instruction options, adopting restorative discipline and reentry plans, updating bullying-investigation timelines and clarifying data-reporting responsibilities across Nevada Revised Statutes where AB 330 was codified.
McPartland said discretionary expulsions (those not required by statute, such as battery to staff or distribution of controlled substances) fell nearly 15% over two years, with middle schools reporting an 18% decline and high schools a 12% decline over the same period. By student group, McPartland said the district saw year-over-year reductions led by nearly an 11% decrease in suspensions among Hispanic students and an 8% decrease among African American students, while noting disparities remain; African American suspensions remain an outlier compared with other groups.
To address identified needs the district used a tiered school support framework and targeted nine middle schools for additional support. McPartland said interventions included structural adjustments at sites, code-of-conduct training, relationship-building and cultural-competency professional learning through the Equity and Diversity Education department, conflict-resolution and classroom-management coaching, MTSS support for positive behavior interventions and increased use of social workers and mental-health professionals. McPartland said the nine targeted middle schools saw a 21% decrease overall in suspensions during the second semester; seven of the nine decreased suspensions by more than 10%. He highlighted Silvestri (-63%), Sedway (-47%) and Orr (-35%) as examples where added interventions reduced removals.
McPartland said the district is working with the Nevada Department of Education on oversight and data quality. He said NDE identified 116 schools for further attention under state reporting standards related to suspensions and student-group disproportionality; the district provided training and a self-inventory tied to school improvement plans for the first time, and NDE monitoring and corrective action will continue in future years.
Trustees asked about data integrity and whether lower suspension counts reflected changes to coding or to student behavior. McPartland said the district has developed error reports and continues to clean data entry processes; he also said the district can bring principals forward in a future report to describe on-site practices. Trustees asked about whether in-house/inschool suspensions were included (McPartland said they were not included in the specific figures in this presentation) and whether post-removal outcomes are tracked. McPartland said the district tracks recidivism and transition supports for students placed in academic or behavior centers, including warm handoffs and two-month transition checks.
Why it matters: AB 330 changed how Nevada districts must record, review and address student discipline; CCSD staff said a combination of revised policies, targeted supports and training corresponded with measurable reductions in removals and repeat suspensions for the 2024-25 school year.
This was an informational report; trustees did not take formal action as part of the presentation.
