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Virginia assembly bills seek to curb the state’s school-to-prison pipeline

Several bills introduced to the Virginia general assembly seek to correct overly harsh punishment and police intervention in student discipline. A 2015 analysis of Department of Education data by the Center showed that Virginia schools in a single year referred students to law enforcement personnel at a rate nearly three times the national rate. Virginia’s […]