School Discipline Quiz

False:  The majority of school suspensions in Washington involve relatively minor incidents that do not threaten school safety, such as disruptive conduct or failure to cooperate, or other behavior that does not involve drugs, weapons, or violence.
 

c:  Being suspended once doubles the chance a student will drop out, raising the risk to 32 percent from 16 percent, which is the dropout rate for students who are not suspended. For those suspended two or more times, the dropout rate is 49 percent.
 

False:  Across the nation, students with special needs are more likely to be suspended than their peers, and to be suspended repeatedly.  In Washington State, students with special needs are over 2.3 times as likely as students without special needs to be suspended and expelled. 
 

False:  When a student is suspended or expelled, all students, whether or not they have been disciplined, tend to feel less safe, are less likely to bond with teachers and other staff, and are less likely to get along with each other.
 

b: A recent evaluation of 11 large school districts in Texas showed that the cost of suspensions and expulsions combined with other costs stemming from exclusionary discipline, resulted in a combined expenditure of $140 million over the course of the annual year.