The Hidden Cost of California's Harsh School Discipline

This study, The Hidden Cost of California's Harsh School Discipline, was authored by Dr. Russell W. Rumberger, Director of UCSB’s California Dropout Research Project, and Daniel J. Losen, Director of UCLA’s Civil Rights Project at the Center for Civil Rights Remedies. The lead author, Dr. Rumberger, is a nationally acclaimed scholar and is widely considered the state’s leading expert on the causes of student dropout.

The new report calculates the financial consequences of suspending students in each California school district with more than 100 students, and for the state as a whole.