New Mexico AG Calls for Reform After Report Finds “Substantial Racial Disparities” in One School District
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The New Mexico attorney general’s office released a report on Gallup-McKinley County Schools. The report says Indigenous and Hispanic students are suspended more often and for longer than white students for similar behavior. Indigenous students lose eight to ten times more school days to suspensions than white students. Hispanic students lose three to four times as many days. The AG is calling for reforms to fix these racial disparities.
Why it matters
These disparities affect students' education and future opportunities. Fixing them can make schools fairer for all children.
- What did the report find about suspensions?
- It found that Indigenous and Hispanic students are suspended more often and for longer than white students for similar infractions.
- How many more school days do Indigenous students lose compared to white students?
- Indigenous students lose eight to ten times more classroom days to suspensions than white students.
- What action is the New Mexico AG calling for?
- The AG is calling for reforms to reduce the racial disparities in school discipline.
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