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: