Kansas’ largest school district was discriminatory in its discipline, Justice Department says

An exhaustive investigation into Kansas’s largest school district found it disciplined Black and disabled students more frequently and harshly than their white counterparts, the Justice Department said Tuesday, announcing a settlement agreement with the district. The Justice Department investigated Wichita Public Schools and “uncovered discriminatory treatment of Black students in the administration of discipline at multiple schools,” it said in a release Tuesday.

Overall the district’s schools and settings for students with disabilities lacked student behavior interventions or failed to implement them. Even more stark, the district’s special schools for students with behavioral disabilities were found to be “inferior facilities devoid of furniture, educational equipment and the kinds of decor commonly found in schools, and staff who could not meet the needs of the students,” the department said.

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