Modesto City Schools board to get fire repair bill, state mandate to lower black student suspensions
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Trustees will get an update on an analysis of discipline of students with disabilities showing African American students continued to be kicked out of school at higher than normal rates in 2013-14. The state notified the district in March that it was out of compliance, says the informational report.
District data show sizable decreases in the numbers of special-education students overall suspended or expelled by the district, and it came in at less than the state rate for Latino and mixed-race students for the first time.
But 4.4 percent of black high school students with disabilities, 3.4 percent in earlier grades, spent two weeks or more out of school that year, compared with a statewide rate of 2.4 percent. The number of students is low -- a total of 14. However, by state averages there should have been only eight.
Several interventions will be considered in contracts up for a vote Monday night. Mental health services for children acting out are proposed for every
Restorative justice training, counseling at
A report on
Challenges noted in the report include long waits for 3-year-olds to get into the program, higher numbers of children speaking no English as well as more children with special needs, who now make up 19 percent of youngsters served. Violence and unemployment in low-income neighborhoods are also noted as problems that affect preschoolers.
On the plus side, the programs tallied more than 400 parent volunteers over the past year and strong response to parent programs promoting reading and school involvement.
In other business, parents
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