![]() ![]() AB 2806 would prohibit suspensions as well as expulsions in state preschool programs except as a last resort. ![]() California already banned state preschool programs from expelling students except in specific circumstances in 2017, but now Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D-West Covina), has introduced an expansion to that law. According to data from the Children’s Equity project, Black boys make up 19% of public preschool enrollment, but account for 45% of male preschool suspensions, despite the fact that there’s no research showing they have worse or more frequent misbehavior. And equity plays a major role in this, too, with exclusionary discipline disproportionately applied to Black children, boys, and children with disabilities. But preschoolers are expelled at three times the rate of children in elementary, middle and high school for behavior like tantrums, crying, or hitting and biting that can be a normal part of childhood development. ![]() ![]() What does it take to get a child suspended or kicked out of school? Your mind probably goes to older kids, suspended or expelled for fighting, vandalism, or some other offense. ![]()
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