Solutions Not Suspensions is a coalition of students, families, community members, and organizations committed to changing policies, practices, and mindsets in order to end racial disparities in discipline and foster positive school climates for all students.

We believe that ending school push-out depends on school staff being equipped with the tools and strategies to effectively create positive school climates and avoid exclusionary discipline. We seek to change the laws and policies that perpetuate discipline disparities in schools and enable schools to rely on exclusionary discipline instead of better alternatives. This looks like: