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Public Meetings to Gather Testimony on School-to-Prison Pipeline Today in Indy
02/17/2016
The Indiana Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is holding a public meeting on February 17 to hear testimony on school discipline practices and juvenile justice policies in Indiana, and the extent to which these have a discriminatory impact on the basis of race, color, and/or sex.
This meeting will be held at Ivy Tech Community College Event Center, 2820 N. Meridian St., from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The committee will hear testimony from the community, including advocates, education and legal professionals, and government officials. The public will be invited to speak during the open forum session from 4:15 to 4:45 p.m.
A web conference was also held on the same topic on January 20 and members of the public were invited to speak at the conclusion of the conference.
IU McKinney Professor Carlton Waterhouse is a member of the Indiana Advisory Committee to the United States Civil Rights Commission. The Program on Law and State Government examined the school-to-prison pipeline during its annual symposium in September 2015.
