APA worked with a coalition of organizations and foundations to address ticketing and other school to prison pipeline issues. Many in the legislature have recognized that placing students in the juvenile justice system is much more expensive and less effective than dealing with students in a school disciplinary setting. Yesterday, NPR ran a story about about Texas’ efforts on this front.
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/30/142893192/in-texas-keeping-kids-in-school-and-out-of-court
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