Colorado effort to significantly reduce student tickets and arrests is withdrawn by sponsors

Colorado effort to significantly reduce student tickets and arrests is withdrawn by sponsors

Thousands of Colorado students are referred to law enforcement each year by principals, teachers, and other school staff, and even more students are ticketed or arrested by police. A bill introduced in the state legislature last month would have dramatically decreased those types of interactions between students and police, springing a leak in what’s known as the school-to-prison pipeline. But educators, school district officials, and law enforcement agencies all raised concerns, with the strongest opponents even saying the bill would legalize crime. On Tuesday, the day before the bill was scheduled for a first hearing in the legislature, the bill’s ...

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