Tell Congress to Pass the Ending PUSHOUT Act!

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Tell Congress to Pass the Ending Pushout Act!

Black and Brown girls in schools are facing educational, judicial, and societal disparities.

Black girls are 7x more likely to be suspended and 4x more likely to be arrested at school compared to white girls¹.
Latina girls are 1.6x more likely to receive out-of-school suspensions².
Native American youth make up only 1% of students, yet Native American girls are 3x more likely to be suspended than white girls³.
LGBTQIA+ students of color are 2x more lily to be suspended than their white peers⁴.
Corporal punishment (e.g. spanking and paddling) is still permitted in 19 states and disproportionately administered on Black students and students with disabilities⁵.

This has to change. Our girls deserve more.

The Ending PUSHOUT Act makes federal grants conditional on schools banning most suspensions and expulsions of children up to fifth grade. It aims to eliminate suspensions and expulsions over minor infractions like tardiness and absenteeism or violations of grooming and appearance policies that consistently discriminate against students of color.

We call on Congress to Pass the Ending Pushout Act (H.R. 2690).

It's time to end harmful pushout practices and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline for good.

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Tell Congress: Pass the Ending PUSHOUT Act!

[1] National Black Women’s Justice Institute, “End School Pushout for Black Girls and Other Girls of Color,” (Sept. 2019)
[2] National Women’s Law Center, “Let Her Learn: A Toolkit to Stop School Pushout for Girls of Color,” (Nov. 2016)
[3] The Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-Based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma (PUSHOUT) Act
[4] THE STRIKING OUTLIER
[5] Educational Exclusion: Drop Out, Push Out, & School-to-Prison Pipeline | GLSEN
[6] Resources | PUSHOUT
[7] The Ending Punitive, Unfair, School-Based Harm that is Overt and Unresponsive to Trauma (PUSHOUT) Act
[8] Bill Aims to End the "School to Confinement Pathway

Dear Legislator,

Each and every child regardless of race, gender, class, faith, status, or ability deserves the right to a quality education and to attend schools where they can learn, grow, feel safe, and thrive.

Yet for girls of color and other traditionally marginalized students, discrimination has led schools to disproportionately exclude them from the classroom through harsh discipline practices, such as suspension, expulsion, and even arrest.

Black girls are suspended, expelled, referred to law enforcement, and arrested in school at rates that far exceed the public school population as a whole, and far exceed their white female peers.

According to the most recent U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Data, Black girls are 7 times more likely to be suspended from school, and 4 times more likely to be arrested at school. These punitive practices and policies in schools fuel systemic inequities and outcomes based on race and gender, and have profound consequences for Black girls: rather than promote safety and well-being, these practices disproportionately push Black girls out of school and further into the margins.

Our girls deserve better. It’s time to pass the Ending PUSHOUT Act (H.R.2690).

Black girls who have been subject to punitive school policies and practices are at an increased risk of coming in contact with the juvenile and criminal court and leaving school altogether, ultimately impeding their ability to achieve future success and lead successful and healthy lives.

The Ending PUSHOUT Act makes federal grants conditional on schools banning most suspensions and expulsions of children up to fifth grade. It also aims to eliminate suspensions and expulsions over minor infractions like tardiness and absenteeism or violations of grooming and appearance policies that consistently discriminate against students of color.

Join us in demanding that Congress Pass the Ending PUSHOUT Act (H.R. 2690).

It’s time to end harmful practices that push girls of color out of the classroom and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline for good.

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