Texas' School-To-Prison Pipeline
Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools How the Myth of the “Blackboard Jungle” Reshaped School Disciplinary Policy Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools How the Myth of the “Blackboard Jungle” Reshaped School Disciplinary Policy TEXAS APPLESEED 1609 Shoal Creek, Suite 201 Austin, TX 78701 512-473-2800 www.texasappleseed.net December 2010 Texas Appleseed Report Team Deborah Fowler, Legal Director Primary author Rebecca Lightsey, Executive Director Janis Monger, Communications Director Elyshia Aseltine, Data Analyst Texas Appleseed Mission Texas Appleseed’s mission is to promote justice for all Texans by using the volunteer skills of lawyers and other professionals to find practical solutions to broad-based problems. This report is the third in a series examining the intersection of school discipline and gateways to the juvenile justice system. It focuses on Class C misdemeanor ticketing and arrest of students and on use of force (including pepper spray and Tasers) by school police officers. Texas Appleseed Executive Committee J. Chrys Dougherty, Chair Emeritus, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody,* austin Mark Wawro, Chair, Susman Godfrey L.L.P.,* houston Allene D. Evans, Secretary-Treasurer, Allene Evans Law Firm,* austin Ronald C. Lewis, Immediate Past Chair, Marshall & Lewis LLP,* houston R. James George, George & Brothers, LLP,* austin Gregory Huffman, Thompson & Knight LLP,* dallas Charles Kelley, Mayer Brown LLP,* houston Michael Lowenberg, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP,* dallas Carrin F. Patman, Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP,* houston Allan Van Fleet, Greenberg Traurig, LLP,* houston *Affiliations listed for identification purposes only. Book Design: Vivify Creative Communications First Edition Copyright 2010, Texas Appleseed.
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