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\nWhen \u201cMike,\u201d the father of a ninth grade student, got a call from his daughter\u2019s school, the first thing he asked was: \u201cHow important is this?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey said, \u2018Well, it\u2019s important,\u2019\u201d Mike told me during an interview for my research.<\/p>\n

When Mike went to his daughter\u2019s school to see what was the problem, school officials told him his daughter was being suspended for giving a boy a hug. He ended up missing out on some of his hourly wages to deal with the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was like, \u2018Nah. Not only am I missing out on some hours at work, I\u2019m missing out on some important meetings, and also commitments that I have made, to come up here and talk about suspensions, a five-day suspension for giving somebody a hug,\u201d Mike told me. \u201cThat\u2019s one of the things that every time they call me, I always raise my voice about that. It\u2019s been times where the school has suspended her, and I told the school, ‘Well, she can\u2019t stay home with me. She doesn\u2019t have nowhere else to go, so she has to stay at the school.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Mike\u2019s dilemma is just one of dozens that I document in my forthcoming book, \u201cSuspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety<\/a>,\u201d which is set to be published on Oct. 19, 2021 by Johns Hopkins University Press. The book is part of my\u00a0ongoing research<\/a>\u00a0about how Black families view school punishment and its impact on their daily lives. For my book, I interviewed 55 students from urban and suburban school districts throughout Michigan who received school suspensions, and their parents. I used fake names to protect their confidentiality.<\/p>\n

As millions of students transition to in-person learning in the 2021-2022 school year, many may be wondering if an increase in school suspensions will follow. If suspensions do rise, my research suggests that could result in lost wages and even lost jobs for parents of Black students, who are suspended at\u00a0substantially higher rates<\/a>\u00a0than white students.<\/p>\n

Harm to employment<\/h4>\n

Much of the research about school suspensions focuses on how suspensions harm students. For instance, although school suspensions are meant to decrease violence and help create a safe environment, research shows suspensions are associated with\u00a0declines in academic achievement<\/a>,\u00a0an increase in Black students leaving school districts with a record of being punitive<\/a>,\u00a0dropping out of school<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0being arrested<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, as my new book shows, school suspensions also harm parents\u2019 employment. Specifically, mothers and fathers told me that school suspensions led to a reduction in wages, job loss and even forced some of them to accept part-time work.<\/p>\n

One such parent is Vanessa, the mother of Franklin, a 10th grade student, who told me she met with school officials to create an individualized education plan \u2013 known in schools as an IEP \u2013 for her son because of his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, diagnosis. Instead of implementing the plan as they agreed, she said school officials continued to suspend her son for minor offenses related to his ADHD. During our interview, Vanessa shared one instance in which her son\u2019s suspension cost her a job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was working at [place of employment] as a social worker before this job, and at that time I was making $37 an hour,\u201d Vanessa told me. \u201cMy husband and I were going through a little difficulty, as we were separated at that time. They were calling me from the school because Franklin was having a rough time. He was gonna get suspended. I said, \u2018Well, I have to leave.\u2019 When you\u2019re a social worker at that job, you can\u2019t keep calling in\u201d to say you have to leave work.<\/p>\n

Reforms inadequate<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I also learned that the legislative reforms policymakers have passed in recent years to reduce school suspension rates may not be working in some districts. For instance, several parents told me school officials did not use alternatives to suspension in the years after the reforms were enacted, even though they\u2019re supposed to.<\/p>\n

One such parent is Dana, whose son Philip, a ninth grade student, got a two-day suspension for fighting after a school official saw him wrestling with his friends in the gym. Dana says the boys were playing. In our interview, Dana expressed considerable doubt regarding the reforms. Dana told me she wished she would have been aware that school officials were supposed to try alternatives to suspension first.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish I would\u2019ve known that because I don\u2019t think they [school administrators] been doing that,\u201d Dana told me. \u201cI feel like it could be effective, but I don\u2019t feel like it was done with my son at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

In recent years, legislators in several states, such as\u00a0Massachusetts<\/a>\u00a0in 2012,\u00a0Illinois<\/a>\u00a0in 2015 and\u00a0Michigan<\/a>\u00a0in 2016, have passed school punishment reform laws that were intended to reduce suspension rates.<\/p>\n

In Michigan, the reform guidelines require school officials to consider a student\u2019s age, disability, disciplinary history and the severity of the offense before issuing a punishment. The reform guidelines also encourage school officials to use\u00a0restorative justice practices<\/a>, such as peer mediation and conflict resolution strategies, instead of suspensions. Yet, when I interviewed parents, many of them said school officials were not following the rules.<\/p>\n

When school officials don\u2019t follow the reforms, it affects parents such as Linda, whose son Deshaun, a 12th grade student, received a three-day suspension because a video showed he was present in the restroom when a fight occurred. When school officials issued the punishment, Deshaun expressed that he entered the restroom before the other boys and did not participate in the fight. Although the video, which I reviewed, shows he was not fighting or talking to the other students, school officials upheld the suspension. Their argument was that all the bystanders should have contacted a school security guard instead of just watching the fight.<\/p>\n

When I asked Linda about the effectiveness of the school punishment reforms, she stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think they have implemented that at all. I haven\u2019t seen that recourse. My son was very upset that he got suspended, \u2018cause he was like, ‘I wasn\u2019t even part of it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

In search of solutions<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Though school punishment reforms were intended to reduce suspension rates, studies have found schools that enroll a large percentage of minority students are\u00a0less likely<\/a>\u00a0to implement restorative justice practices.<\/p>\n

In \u201cSuspended<\/a>,\u201d I offer some potential reasons why school officials resist implementing the discipline reforms. For example, some school officials told me the reform guidelines did not recommend a course of action for administrators who violated them and continued to issue suspensions.<\/p>\n

I also express the need for stronger legislation, emphasizing restorative justice as a means to reduce suspension rates and increase school safety.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong>Charles Bell is Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences at Illinois State University<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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