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  • Push to reform NYC school suspensions over racial disparities

    Oct 8, 2021

    10.07.2021 | ABC7 Eyewitness News | “$12 million is woefully deficient for what the city needs,” said Dawn Yuster, with Advocates for Children of New York. She, along with others, are pushing for the “Solutions Not Suspensions” bill in the state House and Senate. “Right now, you can be suspended for up to 180 days,” she said. “This would cap it at 20 days.” It would also limit the ability for schools to suspend children in kindergarten through third grade. Read article

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