Tell Congress to Pass the End Push Out Act

Tell Congress to pass the End Push Out Act!

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

We call on Congress to Pass the End Pushout Act (H.R. 5325).

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

End Push out

Dear Member of Congress:

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

At alarming rates, Black girls, and other girls of color, experience discriminatory, disparate, punitive and unfair treatment in schools. Black girls are suspended, expelled, referred to law enforcement and arrested on school campuses 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 on school campus. 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. 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 courts and leaving school altogether, ultimately impeding their ability to achieve future success and lead successful and healthy lives.

We call on you and Congress to Pass the End Pushout Act (H.R. 5325).

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

Signed,

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