School to Prison Pipeline for Students with Disabilities

1. Academic Achievement

1.1. < 4th grade reading levels

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

1.3. School Failure Theory

1.4. Susceptibility Theory

1.5. Parent-Family engagement in school

1.6. Quality after-school programs

2. School Discipline

2.1. Disproportionate representation

2.1.1. Disabilities

2.1.2. Minorities

2.1.3. Gender- Males

2.1.4. Poverty

2.2. Multiple suspensions = drop-out/delinquency

2.3. Special education provisions inadequate

2.4. High expulsion rates

3. Incarceration

3.1. Average & median of 33% have disabilities

3.1.1. Emotional Disturbance

3.1.2. Learning Disabilities

3.1.3. Intellectual Disability

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

3.2. High rates of recidivism

3.3. Lack of services during incarceration