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Spring 2006
 Arresting Development: Addressing the School Discipline
Crisis in Florida
Statewide there were 26,990 school-related referrals to the Florida
Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) during the 2004-05 school year.
Over three-quarters of school-based referrals (76%) were for
misdemeanor offenses such as disorderly conduct, trespassing, or
assault and/or battery, which is usually nothing more than a
schoolyard fight.
Out-of-school suspensions rose from 385,365 during the 1999-00
school year to 441,694 in 2004-05, a 14% increase, even though the
student population increased by only 8.4%.
This report reveals the findings of public hearings and discussion
among school discipline stakeholders, which were held in five cities
and covered six school districts: Pinellas/Hillsborough (St.
Petersburg, FL), Duval (Jacksonville, FL), Palm Beach (West Palm
Beach, FL), Broward (Fort Lauderdale, FL), and Miami-Dade (Miami,
FL).
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