Resource on Confronting Racial Discrimination in Student Discipline

In May 2023, the Civil Rights Division (the Division) of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education jointly released this Resource on Confronting Racial Discrimination in Student Discipline. The Resource demonstrates the departments' ongoing commitment to the vigorous enforcement of laws that protect students from discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in student discipline. The Resource provides examples of the departments' investigations over the last 10 years, reflecting the long-standing approach and continuity in the departments' enforcement practices over time and the continuing urgency of assuring nondiscrimination in student discipline in our nation's schools. The Resource describes how the departments resolved investigations of 14 school districts in 10 states nationwide and demonstrates ways school districts can take steps to proactively improve their administration of student discipline.