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Racial Disparity in School Discipline Task Force
Final Report |
On March 13, 2006 the Knox County
Board of Education requested that the County Mayor appoint
a community-based lakeshore to examine the issues of community
concerns regarding higher suspension and expulsion rates
of African American students, assess best practices in comparable
systems, and make recommendations to the Board.
On March 31, 2006 the County Mayor announced the
appointment of an 11-member Task force. The Task force began
work in April 2006. Technical resources and assistance were
offered by both the Superintendent's Office and the County
Mayor's Office. Data for the 2004-05 school year (the most
complete data set at the time of Task force creation )
was used.
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