2. Statutory Requirements
• §115C-12(21): monitor and compile an annual report on acts of
violence in the public schools
• §115C-12(27): report by March 15 of each year to the Joint
Legislative Education Oversight Committee on the numbers of
students who have dropped out of school, been subjected to
corporal punishment, been suspended, been expelled, been
reassigned for disciplinary purposes, or been placed in an
alternative program
3. SBE Strategic Priorities
• Goal 1 – Eliminate opportunity gaps by 2025
• Objective 2 – Decrease the number of exclusionary discipline
practices by subgroup
• Objective 4 – Decrease the high school dropout rate for each
subgroup
4. Consolidated Data Report
1. Annual Report of School Crime & Violence
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
3. Annual Report on the Use of Corporal Punishment
4. Annual Report on Reassignments for Disciplinary Reasons
5. Annual Report on Alternative Learning Placements
6. Annual Report on Dropout Rates
5. New additions/updates to the 2019-2020 Report
• Introduction – Cautions and limitations for the 2019-2020 Data
• Crimes and Violence – included 2017-2018 and 2018-2020 summary
tables
• Suspensions and Expulsions
1. New figure showing five-year trend in state level short-term suspensions
2. New section on Short-term Suspensions for Unacceptable Behaviors
3. New figure showing five-year trend in state level long-term suspensions
4. New data on long-term removals from home school as a result of long-term
suspensions or ALPS placement in lieu of long-term suspension
6. New additions/updates to the 2019-2020 Report (cont.)
• Student Reassignments for Disciplinary Reasons
1. Split in-school suspensions and ALPS placements into two separate section
2. Adding number of days in ISS to appropriate tables
3. New figure showing five-year trend in ALPS placements for disciplinary reasons
4. Added the number of students who also given an out-of-school suspension along
with ALPS placement, the number of days they were out of school before
placements, and the total number of days out of school for subgroups, where
appropriate.
• Dropout – added percent change, where appropriate
• New Appendix A – Reportable crimes definitions
• New Appendix B – All acts/behaviors that must be reported to the state
7. Limitations and Cautions for 2019−2020
Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2017-18 228 3,900 40,713 63,812 57,593 43,090 29,387 64,661 68,487 48,655 63,568 6,787
2018-19 212 4,702 23,880 50,793 49,771 31,874 43,192 59,609 66,440 48,513 58,184 6,249
2019-20 181 6,463 40,472 66,135 52,865 44,062 41,933 54,741 29,348 24 32 37
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
Number of Disciplinary Incidents Reported by Month
8. Limitations and Cautions for 2019−2020 (cont.)
Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2017-18 28 4,331 928 908 805 552 1,185 1,159 1,247 900 693 14
2018-19 25 3,916 648 816 893 536 1,474 1,207 1,178 891 740 40
2019-20 28 4,049 932 1,077 808 625 1,531 1,028 570 71 37 1
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
Number of Placement into ALPS by Month
9. Limitations and Cautions for 2019−2020 (cont.2)
Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
2017-18 1 445 958 1,143 923 612 1,149 1,122 1,138 915 730 1,803
2018-19 4 377 724 988 878 545 1,128 941 1,019 885 803 1,699
2019-20 4 634 785 1,022 666 504 994 618 169 25 314 2,200
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
Withdraw Date by Month for Verified Dropouts
10. 1. Annual Report of School Crime & Violence
• There were 7,158 acts of reportable crimes across the state
during the 2019-2020 school year.
• The rate of crimes was 4.69 per 1000 students across the state.
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
State Crime Rates
11. 1. Annual Report of School Crime & Violence (cont.)
• In 2019-2020, there were 3,665 reportable crimes associated
with public High Schools
• The high school crime rate was 8.08 per 1000 high school
students.
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
14.00
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
High School Crime Rates
12. 1. Annual Report of School Crime & Violence (cont.2)
Reportable Acts of Crime
TOTAL NUMBER
OF ACTS
Possession of a Controlled Substance in Violation of Law 3,642
Possession of a Weapon 1,655
Assault on School Personnel 1,035
Possession of Alcoholic Beverage 519
Possession of a Firearm or Powerful Explosive 83
Sexual Assault not including Rape or Sexual Offense 58
Assault Resulting in Serious Injury 49
Sexual Offense 45
Assault Involving Use of a Weapon 41
Bomb Threat 24
Burning of a School Building 4
Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon 3
Death By Other Than Natural Causes 0
Kidnapping 0
Rape 0
Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor 0
Total 7,158
13. 1. Annual Report of School Crime & Violence (cont.3)
Reportable Acts of Crime
Number of Acts Percent
Difference
2018-19 2019-20*
Possession of a Controlled Substance in Violation of Law 4,604 3,642 -20.9%
Possession of a Weapon 2,053 1,655 -19.4%
Assault on School Personnel 1,495 1,035 -30.8%
Possession of Alcoholic Beverage 885 519 -41.4%
Sexual Assault not including Rape or Sexual Offense 139 58 -58.3%
Possession of a Firearm or Powerful Explosive 124 83 -33.1%
Sexual Offense 86 45 -47.7%
Assault Resulting in Serious Injury 75 49 -34.7%
Assault Involving Use of a Weapon 41 41 0.0%
Bomb Threat 33 24 -27.3%
Burning of a School Building 12 4 -66.7%
Rape 3 0 -100.0%
Kidnapping 3 0 -100.0%
Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon 1 3 200.0%
Death By Other Than Natural Causes 0 0 -
Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor 0 0 -
Total Acts 9,554 7,158 -25.1%
14. 2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Short-Term Suspensions for all Acts
• In 2019-2020, there were 152,873 short-term suspensions reported statewide.
• The short-term suspension rate was 98.0 suspensions per 1000 students.
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20*
Number 216,895 208,539 211,228 203,298 152,873
Rate 143 137 138 131 98
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
Rate
per
1000
Students
Number
of
Suspensions
Short-Term Suspensions
15. American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic
Two or More
Races
Native
Hawaiian/
Pacific Islander
White
2015-16 249 17 317 89 169 93 72
2016-17 233 16 303 84 162 81 71
2017-18 246 18 300 88 169 88 73
2018-19 217 31 282 79 160 90 74
2019-20* 189 11 214 64 106 69 54
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Number
of
Suspensions
per
1000
Enrolled
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Short-Term Suspensions for all Acts (cont.)
16. Unacceptable Behavior Categories:
• Bullying/Harassment
• Assaults/Threats
• Defiant Behaviors
• Interpersonal Behaviors
• Missing Class/School
• Repeat Offender
• Substance Use Related Behaviors
• Other
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Short-Term Suspensions for Unacceptable Behaviors
17. • Of the 152,873 short-term suspensions in 2019-2020, 146,657
(96.0%) were given as a result of an incident involving
unacceptable behaviors (non-reportable acts).
• The rate of short-term suspension for unacceptable behaviors
was 96.1 per 1000 students across the state.
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Short-Term Suspensions for Unacceptable Behaviors (cont.)
20. • In 2019-2020, 405 long-term suspensions were reported.
• The rate of long-term suspensions was 26.0 per 100,000
students.
1,036
695 673
587
405
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20*
Number of Long-Term Suspensions
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Long-term Suspensions
21. • 2,195 removals from home school due to long-term suspension
or to serve long-term suspension in ALPS.
Reporting Year
Long-Terms
Suspensions
ALP instead of long-
term suspension
Total Removals from
Home School
2015-16 1,036 2,653 3,689
2016-17 695 2,459 3,154
2017-18 673 1,747 2,420
2018-19 587 2,107 2,694
2019-20* 405 1,790 2,195
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Long-term Suspensions (cont.)
22. American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic
Two or More
Races
Native
Hawaiian/
Pacific
Islander
White
2015-16 115 2 151 53 84 0 31
2016-17 57 6 95 27 47 49 28
2017-18 75 0 84 26 54 0 31
2018-19 39 4 85 18 55 46 21
2019-20* 40 4 54 17 26 0 16
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Number
of
Long-Term
Suspensions
per
100,000
Students
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Long-term Suspensions (cont.2)
23. • There were 9,618 students who received multiple short-term
suspensions that totaled more than 10 days.
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20*
N 14,499 13,887 14,056 13,436 9,618
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
Number
of
Students
Students with Multiple Short-term Suspensions Totaling More than Ten Days
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Multiple Suspensions
24. • In 2019-2020, there were 21 students expelled.
27
18
24 23
21
-
5
10
15
20
25
30
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20*
Total Number of Expulsions
2. Annual Report of Suspensions & Expulsions
Expulsions
25. 3. Annual Report on Use of Corporal Punishment
Uses of Corporal Punishment
• In 2019-2020, there were no reported use of corporal
punishment across the state.
26. 4. Annual Report on Reassignments for Disciplinary Purposes
In-School Suspensions
• In 2019-2020, North Carolina public schools assigned 182,133
in-school suspensions of a half day or more to 97,976 students.
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
300,000
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20*
# In-School Suspensions
27. Race/Ethnicity
Number of In-School
Suspensions
Average
Days In ISS
Total Days
In ISS
American Indian 1,973 1.52 3,003
Asian 1,003 1.42 1,423
Black 83,642 1.49 124,531
Hispanic 26,959 1.49 40,165
Two or More Races 10,824 1.46 15,769
Native Hawaiian /Pacific Islander 195 1.37 266
White 57,534 1.39 79,931
Missing 3 1.00 3
4. Annual Report on Reassignments for Disciplinary Purposes
In-School Suspensions (cont.)
28. 4. Annual Report on Reassignments for Disciplinary Purposes
ALPS Placement as Disciplinary Action
• In 2019-2020, schools reported 3,744 assignments of students
to ALPS for disciplinary reasons.
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20*
N Assignments 5,014 5,054 5,056 4,357 3,744
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
Number of ALPS Assignments as a Disciplinary Action
29. 4. Annual Report on Reassignments for Disciplinary Purposes
ALPS Placement as Disciplinary Action (cont.)
Race/Ethnicity
Number of ALPS
Assignments
Number Also Given
OSS/Expulsion
Average Days
Out of School
Before
Assignment
Average Days
Out of School
Before
Assignment
American Indian 81 42 8.88 373
Asian 11 7 7.57 53
Black 2,307 1,529 7.43 11,360
Hispanic 484 302 7.19 2,171
Two or More Races 173 107 8.06 862
Native Hawaiian /Pacific
Islander
5 4 7.00 28
White 683 321 6.72 2,158
30. 5. Annual Report on Alternative Learning Program
and School Placements
• ALPS reported 10,757 student placements in the 2019-2020
• There were 10,146 unique/individual students placed in ALPS
over the course of the 2019-2020 school year
31. 5. Annual Report on Alternative Learning Program
and School Placements (cont.)
Entry Reason
Number of
Enrollments
Percent of
Enrollments
Placed because of chronic misbehavior 3,524 32.76
Placed instead of long-term suspension 1,790 16.64
Student and/or parent choice 1,621 15.07
Academic difficulty 1,318 12.25
Transfer from ALP or other facility 509 4.73
Academic acceleration or credit recovery 477 4.43
Emotional and/or psychological problems 451 4.19
Attendance problems 349 3.24
Dropout recovery 234 2.18
Placed because of a felony charge 151 1.40
Personal and/or family problems 145 1.35
Placed after EC Hearing for discipline reasons 131 1.22
Pregnancy related 33 0.31
Placed after EC Hearing for academic reasons 17 0.16
Missing 7 0.07
Employment related 0 0.00
Total 10,757 100.00
32. 5. Annual Report on Alternative Learning Program
and School Placements (cont.2)
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic
Two Or
More
Races
Native
Hawaiian/
Pacific
Islander
White
2015-16 18.1 0.8 16.3 6.5 12.0 8.0 6.4
2016-17 15.2 0.9 15.7 6.5 10.9 8.8 6.1
2017-18 15.3 0.5 14.6 5.8 11.5 7.1 6.0
2018-19 14.4 0.7 14.5 5.3 10.4 7.8 5.7
2019-20* 15.5 0.3 12.7 4.5 7.2 3.7 5.1
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
18.0
20.0
Rate
of
Student
Placements
33. 6. Annual Report on Dropout Rates
• North Carolina
recorded 7,194
dropouts in high
school grades 9-13
for the 2019-2020
school year.
• The high school
dropout rate in 2019-
2020 was 1.53
dropout per 100 high
school students.
10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20*
Dropouts 15,342 13,488 11,049 10,404 11,190 10,889 11,097 10,523 9,512 7,194
Dropout Rate 3.43 3.01 2.45 2.28 2.39 2.29 2.31 2.18 2.01 1.53
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
Dropouts Dropout Rate
34. 6. Annual Report on Dropout Rates
• North Carolina
recorded 7,194
dropouts in high school
grades 9-13 for the
2019-2020 school
year.
• The high school
dropout rate in 2019-
2020 was 1.53 dropout
per 100 high school
students.
10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20*
Dropouts 15,342 13,488 11,049 10,404 11,190 10,889 11,097 10,523 9,512 7,194
Dropout Rate 3.43 3.01 2.45 2.28 2.39 2.29 2.31 2.18 2.01 1.53
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
16,000
18,000
Dropouts Dropout Rate
36. 6. Annual Report on Dropout Rates (cont.2)
2.12
0.46
1.82
2.66
1.42
2.16
1.05
1.53
0.00
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
American
Indian
Asian Black Hispanic Two or
More
Races
Native
Hawaiian/
Pacific
Islander
White State Avg.
Grade 9 - 13 Dropout Rate by Race/Ethnicity
37. Lessons Learned/Next Steps
• Continue to refine, train, and provide evidence to the field of the
effectiveness of Early Warning System (MTSS, ECATs)
• Draw a quarterly data review beginning in Fall 2021 to assess
trends earlier and provide support in addressing them
• Ensure these measures are priority points in Recovery planning
• Address the priority points in our state and regional support
structures
