DC schools expel and suspend poor students more often than their peers
The OSSE State of Discipline Report for the 2016-2017 school year showed that homeless and low-income students, black students, and students with disabilities are being suspended and expelled at higher rates than their peers. This comes after Chairperson of the Committee on Education David Grosso published his Student Fair Access to School Act of 2017, which would limit the use of suspensions and expulsions as disciplinary practices in district schools.