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Advocates call for review of District expulsion process | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Advocates call for review of District expulsion process | Philadelphia Public School Notebook

Advocates call for review of District expulsion process

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From the November NEWSFLASH

About a quarter of students initially referred for expulsion by their schools since August 2009 were not ultimately expelled by the School Reform Commission, according to an analysis of 13 months of data by the Education Law Center (ELC).

And the rate of rejection is going up. Since April, more than one-third of the cases brought to the SRC did not result in expulsion.

Author:
by Dale Mezzacappa
Author Bio:

Dale Mezzacappa is the Notebook's contributing editor.

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