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Experts tell Assembly select committee 'suspensions have dropped but disparities persist'
Summary
Researchers and community advocates told the Assembly select committee that statewide suspension rates have declined after policy changes, but Black and Native boys remain disproportionately suspended and districts still use informal 'ghost' suspensions that are not tracked.
Researchers and community advocates told the California State Assembly select committee that although overall school suspension rates have fallen, racial disparities in exclusionary discipline persist and informal or 'silent' suspension practices continue to push boys of color out of class.
Dr. David C. Tanner, senior adviser at the Alliance of Boys and Men of Color and faculty director of the Million Dollar Hoods Project at UCLA, said that in 2012 more than 500,000 male students were suspended and that by the 2024–25 year the number had…
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