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HCPSS report shows overall suspension rate of 2.4% but disproportionate impact on Black and special-education students
Summary
District officials told the board that Howard County’s out-of-school suspension rate was 2.4% in 2025 (about 1,340 unique students) but Black/African American students were suspended roughly four times more often than other students; the district described targeted CCEIS and data-review strategies and acknowledged staffing and resource limits to expanding in‑school alternatives.
Laurel Porter, executive director of student well-being, told the Howard County Board of Education on Dec. 16 that the district’s overall out-of-school suspension rate remained at 2.4% in the 2025 school year and that this rate translates to about 1,340 unique students suspended out of 56,033 enrolled.
Porter and colleagues emphasized risk-ratio findings showing that Black/African American students were suspended at roughly four times the rate of their peers. They also reported that students receiving special education services were suspended approximately three to four times more often than other students, and…
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