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Three CA Districts Limit Police in Schools

Posted on: Monday June 30th, 2014

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California school districts are on a role this year working to end the school-to-prison pipeline. Alongside recent victories in Los Angeles and San Francisco that limited out-of-school suspensions, in the past year Oakland, Pasadena and San Francisco have all made sweeping changes to their rules for school police officers.

From EdSource:

"Oakland Unified, San Francisco Unified and Pasadena Unified are revamping their policies to ensure that police are called as a last resort when disciplining students on campus. The policies also require that students be told they have a right to remain silent and to request a parent or other adult of their choosing to be present before police interrogate them. The policies require districts to keep data on referrals to law enforcement, citations, arrests and alternative disciplinary practices."

Having police in schools increases the number of minor misbehaviors that are referred to law Three CA Districts Limit Police in Schools | National Opportunity to Learn Campaign | Education Reform for Equity and Opportunity: