ACLU Resources
Links to ACLU publications and ACLU work in the news on issues of the school-to-prison pipeline
Know Your Rights
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Know Your Rights: A Handbook for Public School Students in Pennsylvania, 2017
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5 Things Public Schools Can and Can’t Do When It Comes to Dress Codes
Overview and Handouts
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Research on the Impact of School Policing, text and PDF, 2020
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Students and the Justice System: Collateral Consequences, 2019
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Q&A on School Discipline for Pennsylvania School Leaders, 2018
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Q&A on School Policing for Pennsylvania School Leaders, 2019
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School-to-Prison Pipeline [Infographic]
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Discipline of Early Learners – Laws, District Policies and Federal Resources
Reports
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The Cost of School Policing, ACLU of Florida, September 2020
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Our Right to Resources: School Districts Are Cheating High-Need Students by Funding Law Enforcement, February 2020
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Empty Desks: Discipline & Policing in Montana's Public Schools, December 2019
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Police and Pennsylvania's Schools: What Education Leaders Need to Know, October 2019
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Building Inclusive Communities in Delaware's Schools: Fair Discipline Online Toolkit, 2019
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Safe to Learn: An Assessment of School Climate and Discipline in Florida, June 2019
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Cops and No Counselors: How the Lack of School Mental Health Staff Is Harming Students, 2019
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From the Classroom to the Courtroom: A Review of Nebraska's School Police Programs, 2018
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11 Million Days Lost: Race, Discipline, and Safety at U.S. Public Schools, 2018
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Here to Learn: Creating Safe and Supportive Schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District, 2018
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We Belong Here: Eliminating Inequity in Education for Immigrants and Students of Color in Maine, 2017
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From School to Prison: Missouri's Pipeline of Injustice, data dashboard, 2017
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Students Not Suspects: The Need to Reform School Policing in Washington State, 2017
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Bullies in Blue: The Origins and Consequences of School Policing, 2017
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New Data Show Outsized Police Role and Racial Disparities in School Discipline, 2016
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The Right to Remain a Student: Police in California Schools, 2016
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Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools, 2015
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The School-to-Prison Pipeline in Black and White, Rhode Island, 015
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For Naught: How Zero Tolerance Policy and School Police Practices Imperil Our Students' Future, Michigan, 2015
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Arrested Futures: The Criminalization of School Discipline, (download the full report), Massachusetts, 2012
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Safety with Dignity: Alternatives to Over-Policing of Schools, New York City, 2009
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Policing in Schools: Developing a Governance Document for School Resource Officers in K-12 Schools, 2009
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Impairing Education: Corporal Punishment of Students with Disabilities in US Public Schools, 2009
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A Violent Education: Corporal Punishment of Children in U.S. Public Schools, 2008
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Hard Lessons: School Resource Officer Programs and School-Based Arrests in Three Connecticut Towns, 2008
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Dignity Denied: The Effect of "Zero Tolerance" Policies on Students' Human Rights, Connecticut, 2008
Presentations
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Using Civil Rights Data in Local Work (2018) [Webinar]
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Handcuffs on Success: Why Immigration Enforcement in Schools is Not the Answer
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Preschool to Prison Pipeline: Exclusionary Discipline in Preschool Programs [Powerpoint]
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Discipline and Law Enforcement in the K- 12 Context [Teleconference]
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The Role of Police Officers in Schools [Podcast]
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Solutions Not Suspensions: This is How We Close the School-to-Prison Pipeline[Video]
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Avoiding Criminalization in School Discipline: Reducing the Reliance on Police [Webinar]
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Civil Rights Data Collection: Using the Data in Local Work (2016) [Webinar]
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Racial Disparities in School Discipline [Podcast]
ACLU in the News
2020
2019
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5 Pittsburgh Schools among State’s Highest in Arrests, Citations As Security Debate Continues
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Hawaii Provided ‘Inaccurate’ Data On Student Restraint And Seclusion
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Civil Rights Group Sound Alarm over Florida School-Safety Database
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Student Citations at Lancaster County Public Schools Can Have Lasting Consequences
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ACLU Report: Schools Short-staff Mental Health Services While Over-policing Students
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Trump Administration Recommends Slashing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color
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Florida Doubles Down on School Policing, Sacrificing Student Safety and Rights
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Isolated at School: Spokane Parents Claim Isolation Rooms Misused at District Schools
2018
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Students, Parents, and the City Attorney Have Spoken: End Random Searches in L.A. Schools
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Children Cruelly Handcuffed Win Big Settlement Against the Police in Kentucky
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Pittsburgh School Board Votes Against Arming District Police
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Pittsburgh Public Schools Police Chief Laments Board Decision Not to Arm School Officers
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Board Members Raise Concerns as Pittsburgh Public Schools Police Ask for Guns
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Criminalizing Schoolkids [Podcast]
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Here's What Happens When We Allow Facial Recognition Technology in Our Schools
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ACLU Sues Flint Police for Handcuffing Seven-Year-Old Boy with Disabilities
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Missouri Public Schools Continue to Unequally Discipline Students
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Advocates Gratified by SRC’s Extension of Ban on Suspensions for Young Students
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Students Transferred to Alternative Schools Have a Right to Due Process
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Arming Teachers and Putting More Armed Cops on Campus Jeopardizes Safety
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The Trump Administration Is Using the Parkland Massacre as an Excuse to Roll Back Civil Rights
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More Cops Won’t Make Schools Safer, But Here’s What They Will Do
2017
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Undocumented Suspensions Persisted in D.C. Schools Despite Repeated Alerts
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Police Assault on Black Students in Kentucky Sparks Calls for Reform
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‘Excessive force’: Judge Rules in Favor of Children Who Were Handcuffed at School
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Trump Order Could Give Immigration Agents a Foothold in US Schools
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Report: Phoenix-area Schools Punish Minority, Disabled Children at Higher Rates
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ACLU, Advocacy Groups Demand School Officials Investigate Suspension Practices (D.C)
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School Discipline Bill to Make Appearance in Next Year's Legislative Session (Delaware)
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Local Advocates Brace for Changes in Federal Education Civil Rights Policy
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A Breakthrough in Discipline Reform for Early Learners (Maryland)
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ACLU Releases New Data on Stockton Unified’s Pattern of Wrongly Arresting Students
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Does Exposure to Teachers of the Same Race Affect Discipline
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Youth Advocacy Group Pushes for A Complaint System About School Police Officers
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ACLU of Washington Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Special-Education Students
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ACLU Sues Washington Superintendent for Wrongful Discipline of Students with Disabilities
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City School Safety Data Shows Handcuffs Used Disproportionately on Black and Latino Children
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Who is Holding Districts and Police Departments Accountable?
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Police Arresting far Fewer Students after Spokane (Washington) Schools Change Discipline Polices
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Policing Our Schools: Uneven Rates of Discipline in our Region
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Kids in Cuffs: Is Security in Schools Going Too Far? (story, and data portal)
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She Recorded Her Classmate's Arrest, Then Got Arrested, Too (ACLU client interview)
2016
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Pennsylvania Commission Releases Informative Study of School Discipline
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Nevada ACLU ‘Deeply Concerned’ over Shooting of Reno High School Student
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There are Ways to End the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Child Advocates offer Solutions in Pittsburgh
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ACLU Sues Kansas City Public Schools For Handcuffing A Crying 7-Year-Old
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Harrisburg Mayor is on the Wrong Side of Cops in the Classroom
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SRC Bans Suspension of Kindergartners and Students who Violate Dress Code
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School Police Officer’s Attack on Baltimore Teen Raises Questions about Cops on Campus
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South Carolina Law on Disrupting School Faces Legal Challenge
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Keeping Misbehaving Students off the Streets, but not off the Hook
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Schools Innovate Around Behavior as Suspensions Fall into Disfavor
2015
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Body Cameras on School Police Spark Student Privacy Concerns
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Lawsuit: Kenton County Deputy Sheriff Shackled two Elementary Students who Had Disabilities, also learn more about the case here and watch a video
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The Role of Police Officers in Schools [Podcast]
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'Good Guys' with Guns: How Police Officers became Fixtures in US Schools
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As Awareness of the School-to-Prison Pipeline Rises, Some Schools Rethink the Role of Police
2014
2013