{"id":26236,"date":"2021-06-12T15:30:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T19:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=26236"},"modified":"2021-07-09T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T18:19:44","slug":"do-schools-treat-and-discipline-all-children-fairly-ocr-wants-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-schools-treat-and-discipline-all-children-fairly-ocr-wants-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Do schools treat and discipline all children fairly? &#8230; OCR wants to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Do%20schools%20treat%20and%20discipline%20all%20children%20fairly%3F%20...%20OCR%20wants%20to%20know\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kids.tchr_.classrm-e1623525698451.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In your experience, do schools treat and discipline all children fairly?<\/p>\n<p>* Are schools more likely to suspend or expel children with disabilities? Children of color?<br \/>\n* English language learners? Homeless kids?<br \/>\n* Should all children be able to attend safe schools and be educated in supportive classrooms?<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/index.html\">Office for Civil Rights (OCR)<\/a> wants to know what you think . . . and they are making it easier for you to provide information about how discipline works in pre-K through grade 12 schools.<\/p>\n<p>OCR is asking teachers, students, parents, and other interested parties to submit written comments about what OCR can do to help schools &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* eliminate discrimination in discipline,<br \/>\n* deal with disparities, and<br \/>\n* improve school climate and safety.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please help OCR<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2021\/06\/08\/2021-11990\/request-for-information-regarding-the-nondiscriminatory-administration-of-school-discipline\">sharing your experiences, observations, and research in written comments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deadline to submit your comments: July 23, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In your experience, do schools treat and discipline all children fairly? * Are schools more likely to suspend or expel children with disabilities? Children of color? * English language learners? <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/do-schools-treat-and-discipline-all-children-fairly-ocr-wants-to-know\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,48,1363,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discipline","category-discrimination","category-discrimination-section-504-adaa","category-idea-2004"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26236"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26242,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26236\/revisions\/26242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}