School to Prison Pipeline for Students with Disabilities

1. School Discipline

1.1. Disproportionate representation

1.1.1. Disabilities

1.1.2. Minorities

1.1.3. Gender- Males

1.1.4. Poverty

1.2. Multiple suspensions = drop-out/delinquency

1.3. Special education provisions inadequate

1.4. High expulsion rates

2. Incarceration

2.1. Average & median of 33% have disabilities

2.1.1. Emotional Disturbance

2.1.2. Learning Disabilities

2.1.3. Intellectual Disability

2.1.4. Only 8.8% of all students ages 6-21 have IDEA disabilities

2.2. High rates of recidivism

2.3. Lack of services during incarceration

3. Academic Achievement

3.1. < 4th grade reading levels

3.2. Low participation in job / technical skill opportunities in prison

3.3. School Failure Theory

3.4. Susceptibility Theory

3.5. Parent-Family engagement in school

3.6. Quality after-school programs