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the Department to the federal Department of Education, black students were nearly three times as likely to receive an in-school suspension as their white classmates, and nearly twice as likely to receive an out-of-school suspension. "Students with disabilities were more than three times as likely to receive an out-of-school suspension as students who do not have disabilities. Black students with disabilities were suspended at the highest rate, over 26 percent, compared to the lowest

English Language Learners (ELL) are kept in non-credit and elective classes without an opportunity to enroll in the required classes necessary for graduation,and non-English speaking parents and not able to talk to anyone in the school. As you can see, they are clearly discriminating and disenfranchising students who don’t follow the traditional criteria.

According to data provided by

A group of ELL students in school.

Outcome for Case 2

They also increased the availability of interpreters and trained staff to use the interpreter phone service while improving procedures for identifying and evaluating students with disabilities to ensure practices do not discriminate against ELL students. They also upgraded the ELL program so students have a clear path into core for-credit classes, and developing a concrete set of strategies, objectives and timelines to eliminate race and disability disparities in school discipline.

rate of three percent forwhite students without disabilities, " says a reporter from the American Civil Liberties Union.

According to the website for ACLU, the school had to portray immediate steps including aggressvely recruiting teachers to help students with disabilities.

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