Education Department Directs Schools on Race-Based Discipline Practices

Why it matters locally: This guidance from the U.S. Education Department will directly affect how public and private schools across Indiana formulate and implement their student discipline policies.

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The U.S. Education Department, under the Trump administration, has issued new guidance to schools concerning student discipline. The department advises schools to stop factoring race into their disciplinary protocols. This directive addresses a long-standing discussion regarding how schools implement disciplinary measures and the role, if any, that race plays in those decisions.