More than seven out of 10 citations issued during the past four school years went disproportionately to black students

Each year, the Indiana Department of Education reviews special education data from each school corporation in the state

Has the plan worked?

In the seven years since South Bend schools created the African American Student and Parent Services department to decrease the number of black students kicked out of school:

• Black students are half as likely to serve a suspension inside the school.

• Black students are nearly three times as likely to be expelled from school.

• Black students are still four times as likely to be suspended as white students.

• Black students are nearly six times as likely to be expelled as white students.