.4ppendbE u.s. CENSUS DATA Table I CHILDREN NOT ENROLLED BY STATE (Age 7-17) Institutional School-Age Population Not Enrolled Percent Not State Ages Population Enrolled Not Enrolled Not Enrolled (Adjusted) Enrolled New York 7-15 3,082,672 2,991,575 91,097 5,768 85,329 2.8 16 & 17 642,135 584,289 57,846 2,583 55,263 8.6 TOTAL 3,724,807 3,575,864 148,943 8,351 140,592 3.8 North Carol<strong>in</strong>a 7-15 933,733 892,065 41,668 2,119 39,549 4.2 16 & 17 206,564 172,355 34,209 908 33,301 16.1 TOTAL 1,140,297 1,064,420 75,877 3,027 72,850 6.4 North Dakota 7-15 124,511 120,499 4,012 157 3,855 3.1 16 & 17 26,946 25,009 1,937 122 1,815 6.7 TOTAL 151,457 145,508 5,949 279 5,670 3.7 Ohio 7-15 2,003,266 1,953,244 50,022 3,081 46,941 2.3 16 & 17 414,941 380,603 34,338 1,616 32,722 7.9 TOTAL 2,418,207 2,333,847 84,360 4,697 79,663 3.3 Oklahoma 7-15 454,343 438,091 16,252 1,073 15,179 3.3 16 & 17 99,206 88,524 10,682 603 10,079 10.2 TOTAL 553,549 526,615 26,934 1,676 25,258 4.6 Oregon 7-15 377,824 368,817 9,007 557 8,450 2.2 16 & 17 85,599 79,734 5,865 336 5,529 6.5 TOTAL 463,423 448,551 14,872 893 13,979 3.0 Pennsylvania 7-15 2,065,970 2,013,166 52,804 3,409 49,395 2.4 16 & 17 447,493 408,230 39,263 1,744 37,519 8,4 TOTAL 2,513,463 2,421,396 92,067 5,153 86,914 3.5 Rhode Island 7-15 158,386 154,978 3,408 194 3,214 2.0 16 & 17 32,872 28,868 4,004 87 3,917 11.9 TOTAL 191,258 183,846 7,412 281 7,131 3.7 S<strong>out</strong>h Carol<strong>in</strong>a 6' 56,154 41,972 14,182 95 14,087 25.1 7-15 507,967 482,200 25,767 759 25,008 4.9 16 & 17 113,513 93,711 19,802 466 19,336 17.0 TOTAL l 621,480 575,911 45,569 1,225 44,344 7.1 S<strong>out</strong>h Dakota 7-15 133,429 129,129 4,300 257 4,043 3.0 16 & 17 29,514 27,235 2,279 236 2,043 6.9 TOTAL 162,943 156,364 6,579 493 6,086 3.7 <strong>Tennessee</strong> 7-15 707,656 672,373 35,283 1,218 34,065 4.8 16 & 17 151,944 126,116 25,828 726 25,102 16.5 TOTAL 859,600 798,489 61,111 1,944 59,167 6.9 Texas 7-15 2,127,759 2,046,326 81,433 3,364 78,069 3.7 16 & 17 448,985 388,153 60,832 1,909 58,923 13.1 TOTAL 2,576,744 2,434,479 142,265 5,273 136,992 5.3 Utah 7-15 220,928 216,188 4,740 183 4,557 2.1 16 & 17 48,606 45,593 3,013 140 2,873 5.9 TOTAL 269,534 261,781 7,753 323 7,430 2.8 Vermont 7-15 82,693 79,598 3,095 179 2,916 3.5 16 & 17 17,284 15,416 1,868 93 1,775 10.3 TOTAL 99,977 95,014 4,963 272 4,691 4.7 Virg<strong>in</strong>ia 7-15 850,520 820,204 30,316 1,293 29,023 3.4 16 & 17 177,747 154,318 23,429 860 22,569 12.7 TOTAL 1,028,267 974,522 53,745 2,153 51,592 5.0 Wash<strong>in</strong>gton 7-15 625,302 611,161 14,141 804 13,337 2.1 16 & 17 134,621 124,071 10,550 629 9,921 7.4 TOTAL 759,923 735,232 24,691 1,433 23,258 3.1 West Virg<strong>in</strong>ia 7-15 313,151 296,200 16,951 336 16,615 5.3 16 & 17 71,608 60,118 11,490 245 11,245 15.7 TOTAL 384,759 356,318 28,441 581 27,860 7.2 192 IData is shown on 6-year-olds for target area states, but it is not counted <strong>in</strong> state or grand totals.
State Wiscons<strong>in</strong> Wyom<strong>in</strong>g GRANO TOTAL AppendixE u.s. CENSUS DATA Table I CHILDREN NOT ENROLLED BY STATE (Age 7-17) Institutional School-Age Population Not EnroUed Percent Not Ages Population EnroUed Not EnroUed Not EnroUed (Adjusted) EnroUed 7-15 855,281 837,608 17,673 998 16,675 1.9 16 & 17 175,826 165,294 10,532 699 9,833 5.6 TOTAL 1,031,107 1,002,902 28,205 1,697 26,508 2.6 7-15 64,754 62,723 2,031 128 1,903 2.9 16 & 17 13,700 12,423 1,277 71 1,206 8.8 TOTAL 78,454 75,146 3,308 199 3,109 4.0 45,049,400 43,064,968 1,984,432 85,194 1,899,238 4.2 SOURCE: U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> the Census, Census <strong>of</strong> Population: 1970,Detailed Characteristics, F<strong>in</strong>al Report PC (1)-0 Series, Tables 146 and 154. See Appendix A for a description <strong>of</strong> methodology. 193
- Page 1:
CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL IN AMERICA A
- Page 4 and 5:
Copyright If.> October 1974 by the
- Page 7 and 8:
People Who Worked Oft This Report .
- Page 9:
Portland, Maine CDF staff Cambridge
- Page 12:
Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 Cha
- Page 16 and 17:
CHAPTER 1 Table I CHAPTER 2 Table I
- Page 21:
community leaders concerned with ed
- Page 24 and 25:
dren were suspended. The next highe
- Page 26 and 27:
described in this report, they can
- Page 28 and 29:
needed to improve and unify state c
- Page 30 and 31:
Bureaucratic Excuses for Inaction Y
- Page 32 and 33:
problems. Are teachers encouraged o
- Page 35 and 36:
Who Are the Children Out of School?
- Page 37:
vary. But while many of them descri
- Page 40 and 41:
Maxine, 14 Maxine Dolan is 14 and h
- Page 42 and 43:
until the new school year. Meanwhil
- Page 45 and 46:
awake until morning when the sounds
- Page 47 and 48:
He's had his chances, foreign or no
- Page 49:
Theresa, 12 Theresa Engler, a 12-ye
- Page 52 and 53:
34 Table I Children Not Enrolled! B
- Page 54 and 55:
Proportion of Minority Children 2 T
- Page 56:
Social and Economic Factors Poor ch
- Page 59:
Limitations of Census Data Our anal
- Page 62 and 63:
We found children out of school in
- Page 64:
.". 0\ Table VIII Chlldren Out of S
- Page 68 and 69:
VI o Table X All Children Out uf Sc
- Page 70 and 71:
Total % of Areas Surveyed Children
- Page 73 and 74:
Chapter 3 Barriers to School Attend
- Page 75 and 76:
TABLE I STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONA
- Page 78 and 79:
ter the four months because the cou
- Page 80:
Truancy Laws penalizing children an
- Page 83 and 84:
A Denver school official stated: "Y
- Page 86 and 87:
officers who spoke Spanish, and onl
- Page 88 and 89:
The principal of Lincoln Junior Hig
- Page 91 and 92:
For example, as of October, 1972, i
- Page 93:
think there is enough counseling, e
- Page 97:
fees required to take, for example,
- Page 100 and 101:
did not have books were not much of
- Page 102 and 103:
Consider what this would mean if yo
- Page 104:
no money to feed and care for all o
- Page 107:
Apparently a judgment has been made
- Page 112 and 113:
ecome self-sufficient adults are th
- Page 114 and 115:
In Cambridee, Massachusetts, an att
- Page 116 and 117:
Inadequacy of Special Education Pro
- Page 118 and 119:
over again for four or five years.
- Page 120:
Janice has not been suspended this
- Page 123 and 124:
ased. 56 They are modeled and norme
- Page 125:
chusetts counselor pointed out that
- Page 128 and 129:
that the city does not experiment w
- Page 130 and 131:
1. The use of many kinds of people
- Page 132 and 133:
abuse laws of the state. However, t
- Page 134 and 135:
116
- Page 137:
Many districts still have the power
- Page 140 and 141:
In contrast to the majority of publ
- Page 144 and 145:
The same pattern of secondary suspe
- Page 148:
Racial Discrimination in the Use of
- Page 152:
One southern school official admitt
- Page 158 and 159:
tion of the limitation on numbers o
- Page 161 and 162: hold hearings, the reaction was sho
- Page 164: or programs that operate as alterna
- Page 167 and 168: complaints to the federal Office fo
- Page 169: APPENDICES
- Page 172: • most children who are instituti
- Page 175 and 176: as opposed to every second, third,
- Page 177 and 178: . Census Tract 123 Census Tract 123
- Page 179 and 180: newal. Every third household was mo
- Page 181 and 182: -secondary school children by sex a
- Page 184: 10. Are his special problems/needs
- Page 187 and 188: Sheet E-l SCHOOL EXPULSIONS, SUSPEN
- Page 189: Maine Portland Census Tract 11 I 1:
- Page 197 and 198: ALABAMA State Officials Mr. William
- Page 199 and 200: Mr. Milton Ogle, Associate Director
- Page 202 and 203: Sumter County #2 School Officials D
- Page 204 and 205: AppendixD STATE SCHOOL OFFlCIALS' R
- Page 207 and 208: Los Angeles Unified School District
- Page 209: AppendlxE u.s. CENSUS DATA Table I
- Page 214 and 215: AppendixE U.s. CENSUS DATA Table II
- Page 217: .... \C 00 AppelldixE U.S. CENSUS D
- Page 221: AppendixE u.s. CENSUS DATA Table II
- Page 242 and 243: Appendix 6 RANK ORDERS OF AREAS IN
- Page 245: AppendbH PERCENT OF HEADS OF HOUSEH
- Page 251 and 252: State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkans
- Page 253 and 254: State Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkans
- Page 256: AppendixM STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EDUC
- Page 259 and 260: Lee I 4,925 2,663 2,260 2 83 18 65
- Page 261 and 262:
Walker I 9,671 8,924 745 2 230 164
- Page 265 and 266:
Collins I 35 29 6 (82.4) (17.1 ) Co
- Page 267 and 268:
Junction City 1,003 584 419 (58.2)
- Page 269 and 270:
SI. Charles I 245 149 96 (60.8) (39
- Page 272 and 273:
AppendlxM STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EDUC
- Page 274 and 275:
Appendix M STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EDU
- Page 276:
App@ndblfl STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EDU
- Page 282 and 283:
Appendix M STUDENTS ENROLLED IN EDU
- Page 285 and 286:
South Pike Cons. I 2,575 893 1,677
- Page 287 and 288:
Clarendon #2 I 3,246 784 2,462 54 8
- Page 289 and 290:
Orangeburg #7 1,112 158 954 9 9 (14
- Page 292 and 293:
A. ppendi.'\: N SPECIAL EDUCATION I
- Page 297:
Learning Deaf!Hard Blind! Speech Ph
- Page 306 and 307:
Rhode Island Society for Autistic C
- Page 308 and 309:
Federal Court Consent Agreements; P
- Page 310 and 311:
Mr. Peter E. Holmes Director, Offic
- Page 312 and 313:
census figures and often did not ch
- Page 314 and 315:
pils who dropped out of this school
- Page 316:
SUGGESTED REFINEMENTS IN THE INDIVI
- Page 333:
I. Name of School System _ II. Name
- Page 337:
2 1 1 16 2 14 Cotton Plant 586 72 5
- Page 341:
1 1 5 4 1 Tuckerman 820 711 109 (1)
- Page 352 and 353:
Appelldlx R OCR DATA ON STUDENT SUS
- Page 355 and 356:
APPENDIXR FOOTNOTES I Unless noted
- Page 357 and 358:
36There were 1,763 students, suspen
- Page 361:
Total Students Suspended At Least O
- Page 364:
APPENDIX T TABLES I-II FOOTNOTES IS
- Page 367 and 368:
Kentucky Floyd County Total I 2 0.5
- Page 369 and 370:
AppendixT SUSPENSIONS IN CD" SURVEY
- Page 371 and 372:
Kentucky Floyd County Total Mud Cre
- Page 373:
Appendix T SUSPENSIONS IN CDF SURVE
- Page 378 and 379:
Appenllb V STATUTORY PROVISIONS FOR
- Page 381 and 382:
Massachusetts I Official None -Misc
- Page 384:
itppe",db V STATUTORY PROVISIONS FO
- Page 390 and 391:
Bureau is interested primarily in d
- Page 394:
could be collected centrally at the