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Claire Gardner

Community Engagement Director

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Tell lawmakers to help end the school-to-prison pipeline in Tennessee


The school-to-prison pipeline refers to policies and practices that push schoolchildren out of classrooms and into the criminal justice system. Tomorrow, a bill will begin moving in the

#TNLeg that would counteract the school-to-prison pipeline by establishing an intervention program to help kids deal with issues that cause truancy – such as bullying, family problems or undiagnosed learning disabilities – in order to keep them out of juvenile court. For Day 33 of

#100DaysTN , tell lawmakers that we need to help truant kids address the roots of their absences before they are sent to court:

http://bit.ly/2lD7Sdd

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