Narrative Description of Indicator
- 4A - Percent of districts identified by the State as having a significant discrepancy in the rates of suspensions and expulsions of children with disabilities for greater than 10 days in a school year.
- 4B - Percent of districts identified by the State as having a significant discrepancy in the rates of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10 days in a school year of children with disabilities by race and ethnicity and policies, procedures or practices that contribute to the significant discrepancy and do not comply with requirements relating to the development and implementation of IEPs, the use of positive behavioral interventions and supports, and procedural safeguards.
State discipline data, including State's analysis of State's Discipline data collected under IDEA Section 618, is used to calculate this indicator.
The MSDE, DEI/SES's definition of a significant discrepancy is having a Rate Ratio of 2.0 or greater when comparing the rate of suspension of students with disabilities for greater than ten days to the rate of suspension of nondisabled students for greater than ten days. Calculation of the Rate Ratio is the local education agency's (LEA's) suspension/expulsion rate for children with disabilities divided by the local education agency suspension/expulsion rate for children without disabilities. The Rate Ratio is the ratio between two rates of outcomes. If the ratio is 2.0 or greater, the local education agency is considered to be significantly discrepant. In addition to meeting the Rate Ratio of 2.0 or above, an LEA must meet the criteria for the minimum cell size (numerator) and n-size (denominator). The minimum cell size for all LEAs is 5 students with disabilities suspended or expelled for greater than 10 school days in a school year. The minimum n-size set by the State is 20 students with disabilities in the LEA.
Other Data for this Indicator View Indicator 4A -
Suspensions/expulsions of greater than 10 Days of children with disabilities compared to suspensions/expulsions of students without disabilities by Local Education Agency and Public Agency Beginning in FFY 2017, Indicator 4A identifies local education agencies as having a significant discrepancy when the ratio comparing its suspension/expulsion rate for children with disabilities to its suspension/expulsion rate for children without disabilities is greater than 2.0, the minimum cell size of 5, and the minimum “n” size of 20. In applying the cell and “n” size requirements the DEI/SES only included in both the numerator and the denominator, districts that met that State’s requirements. The State also reported the number of districts excluded from the calculation as a result of this requirement.
The MSDE, DEI/SES's analysis of the data demonstrated that nineteen (19) LEAs met the minimum cell size of 5 students from 2021-2022. Six (6) LEAs were excluded due to not meeting a minimum cell size of five (5). No LEAs were excluded due to not meeting an n-size of at least twenty (20). No LEAs were identified with a significant discrepancy in the rates of suspension identified in FFY 2022 using FFY 2021 (2021 - 2022) data.
| | Actual Number of SWD | Multiple Suspension Events Greater than 10 Days, SWD | Discrepancy Ratio, Multiple Suspensions | Single Suspension Events Greater than 10 Days, SWD | Discrepancy Ratio, Single Suspensions |
| Allegany County | 1120 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Anne Arundel County | 9345 | 25 | 0.41 | 14 | 0.25 |
| Baltimore City | 11306 | 88 | 0.72 | 37 | 0.39 |
| Baltimore County | 14542 | 239 | 0.59 | 158 | 0.63 |
| Calvert County | 1651 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caroline County | 544 | 2 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll County | 3066 | 12 | 0.55 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Cecil County | 2364 | 6 | 0.07 | 16 | 0.48 |
| Charles County | 2873 | 24 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.04 |
| Dorchester County | 428 | 6 | 0.05 | 1 | 0.18 |
| Frederick County | 5079 | 11 | 0.29 | 1 | 0.38 |
| Garrett County | 313 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| Harford County | 5173 | 49 | 0.25 | 18 | 0.23 |
| Howard County | 5891 | 14 | 0.33 | 3 | 0.84 |
| Juvenile Services Education Program (JSEP) | | | 0.00 | | 0.00 |
| Kent County | 260 | 5 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 |
| MD School for the Blind | | | 0.00 | | 0 |
| MD School for the Deaf | | | 0.00 | | 0 |
| Montgomery County | 19971 | 24 | 0.89 | 27 | 0.27 |
| Prince George's County | 13938 | 149 | 0.37 | 94 | 0.22 |
| Queen Anne's County | 811 | 3 | 0.22 | 1 | 1.12 |
| Saint Mary's County | 1850 | 7 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset County | 407 | 18 | 0.44 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Talbot County | 498 | 3 | 0.22 | 2 | 0.17 |
| SEED | 58 | 0 | N/A | 9 | 0.50 |
| Washington County | 2464 | 13 | 0.39 | 4 | 0.15 |
| Wicomico County | 1504 | 9 | 0.10 | 3 | 1.67 |
| Worcester County | 726 | 0 | N/A | 0 | 0 |
| STATE | 106182 | 708 | 0.36 | 389 | 0.34 |
View Indicator 4B -
Percent of districts that have: (a) a significantdiscrepancy, by race or ethnicity, in the rate of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10 days in a school year for children with IEPs; and (b) policies, procedures or practices that contribute to the significant discrepancy and do not comply with requirements relating to the development and implementation of IEPs, the use of positive behavioral interventions and supports, and procedural safeguards The Maryland State Department of Education, Division of Early Intervention/Special Education Services (DEI/SES) utilized a Rate Ratio to compare the rates of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10 days in a school year for children with IEPs in each LEA compared to the rates for nondisabled children in the same LEA . If the Rate Ratio is 2.0 or greater, the LEA is considered to be significantly discrepant. In addition to meeting the Rate Ratio of 2.0 or above, the local school systems must meet the criteria for the minimum cell and n-size. The minimum cell size for all LEAs is five (5) students with disabilities from at least one (1) race/ethnic group suspended or expelled for greater than ten (10) school days in a school year. The minimum n-size for all LEAs is twenty (20) students with disabilities from at least one race/ethnicity group in that LEA. Fifteen (15) LEAs met the minimum cell size of at least five (5) students with disabilities from a particular race/ethnic group suspended or expelled for greater than ten (10) school days in a school year. No LEAs were excluded due to n-size.
| Indicator | Black 2022 | Hispanic 2022 | Multirace 2022 | White 2022 |
| | RR | Cell Size | RR | Cell Size | RR | Cell Size | RR | Cell Size |
| State | 1.955255 | 776 | 1.38155 | 58 | 2.195427 | 52 | 2.37171499 | 138 |
| Allegany County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anne Arundel County | 2.102662 | 31 | 2.322542 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Baltimore County | 3.233422 | 272 | 2.094019 | 15 | 3.162556 | 20 | 3.79725225 | 55 |
| Calvert County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caroline County | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carroll County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.76802133 | 11 |
| Cecil County | 0.968767 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.89562768 | 12 |
| Charles County | 1.424724 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Dorchester County | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Frederick County | 1.701066 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Garrett County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harford County | 0.958647 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 1.177019 | 6 | 1.80024179 | 19 |
| Howard County | 2.086439 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kent County | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Montgomery County | 2.047651 | 28 | 2.066813 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Prince George's County | 2.05721 | 203 | 0.792347 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7.3812825 | 7 |
| Queen Annes County | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| St Marys County | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Somerset County | 1.987565 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Talbot County | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Washington County | 2.836458 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wicomico County | 0.996628 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Worcester County | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Baltimore City | 2.578062 | 112 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| SEED | 2.583621 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |