MMSD (Madison Metropolitan School District)

Middle School Referrals to Law Enforcement, and Arrests of Students

Analysis of 2015 Data from US Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection

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Note: “Referral To Law Enforcement” is inclusive of arrests. Referral “is an action by which a student is reported to any law enforcement agency or official, including a school police unit, for an incident that occurs on school grounds, during school-related events, or while taking school transportation, regardless of whether official action is taken. Citations, tickets, court referrals, and school-related arrests are considered referrals to law enforcement.”

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Talking points about the impact of MMSD and law enforcement on Black middle-school girls:

- Black middle-school girls were 100% of the middle-school girls arrested by MPD cops at MMSD schools in 2015.

- Black middle-school girls were 33% of middle-school girls that MMSD staff referred to law enforcement in 2015, despite being only 18% of all middle-school girls.

- Black middle-school girls with disabilities were much more likely than girls without disabilities to be referred to law enforcement by MMSD staff, or arrested by MPD cops in 2015.

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Black students with disabilities were extremely more likely to be arrested at MMSD schools in 2015.

Arrest disparity rates compared to all non-Black students are:

- Black middle-school students with disabilities were 27 times more likely to be arrested.

- Black middle-school students without disabilities were 6 times more likely to be arrested.

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Middle-school students with disabilities were more likely to be referred to law enforcement by MMSD in 2015.

Referral disparities of MMSD middle-school students compared to white middle-school students without disabilities are:

- Asian students with disabilities were 21 times more likely to be referred to law enforcement by MMSD.

- Students identifying as two or more races, with disabilities, were 20 times more likely.

- Students identifying as two or more races, without disabilities, were 3 times more likely.

- Black students with disabilities were 15 times more likely.

- Black students without disabilities were 3 times more likely.

- Latinx students with disabilities were 7 times more likely.

- Latinx students without disabilities were 2 times more likely.

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