Special Education and Pushout

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Texas' School to Prison Pipeline: School Expulsion - The Path from Lockout to Lockup (2010) (Document)

This report from Texas Appleseed documents the overrepresentation of minority and special education students in expulsions from Texas schools -- particularly for non-criminal Student Code of Conduct violations (April 2010).

Children with Disabilities and Factors Affecting Dropout (Document)

"Variables Affecting Students' Decisions to Drop Out of School," Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 25, No. 5 (September/October 2004).

Disproportionate Suspensions and Expulsion for Students with Disabilities (Document)

“Discipline, Disability and Race: Disproportionality in Indiana Schools,” Education Policy Brief, Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Vol. 4, No. 10 (Fall 2006).

FAQs on School Discipline for Children with Disabilities in the U.S. (Document)

Discipline for Children with Disabilities: Questions & Answers from the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), Wrightslaw.

Laws and Regulations Regarding School Discipline for Children with Disabilities (Document)

"Zero Tolerance and School Discipline Policies Regarding Children with Disabilities", Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc., (June 2005).

Analysis of Changes to IDEA Impacting School Discipline (Document)

"School Discipline and Educationally Disabled Students," Education Law and Policy Forum, Vol. I, 2005. Accessed 18 April 2007

Students with Disabilities and School Referrals to Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania (Document)

“Arrested Development: Students with Disabilities and School Referrals to Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania,” Pennsylvania Protection & Advocacy (2004).

Students with Disabilities and the Correctional System (Document)

Rutherford, Robert B., et al., "Youth with Disabilities in the Correctional System: Prevalence Rates and Identification Issues," Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (July 2002

Unmet Mental Health Needs in Schools and the Juvenile Justice System in Indiana (Document)

“Children, Mental Health and the Law Summit: Official Report on Summit Findings with Recommendations,” Indiana State Bar Association (Fall 2005).

Further Study Needed to Determine the Appropriateness of Alternative Schools for Students with Disabilities (Document)

“Alternative Schools and Students with Disabilities: Identifying and Understanding the Issues.” Information Brief, Vol.

Focus Group Research on Private Alternative Schools for Special Education (Document)

“Private special education schools: An exploratory study of student and teacher needs,” International Journal of Special Education , Vol. 21, No. 1, Pgs. 143-152 (2006).