The SEC is a collective of educators, parents, students, grassroot organizations and legal advisors whose purpose is to not only educate but enlighten the community as to the disparities existing between minority, in particular Black students, and their White peers. Our focus is on Black students who have consistently been impacted by social injustices and racial disparities of disciplinary policies in school. Because of these policies, Black students receive harsher discipline and are more likely to be pushed out of school which serves as a direct path to the school-to-prison pipeline. The SEC will make recommendations to public school institutions which should be implemented with fidelity to improve the overall outcome of success for Black students.

SEC’s mission is to partner with community members and organizations that are driven to dismantle the structural social injustices and racial disparities for black students in public schools through ongoing data collection and monitoring of district discipline data.

Black students will receive fair disciplinary treatment from culturally competent teachers, administrators, and staff to avoid excessive time being absent from the learning environment.