Minority students in Hawaii see higher arrest rates, report finds
A new report examining data from the police department as well as the state has found that students with disabilities, as well as students of certain ethnicities, are arrested at disproportionate rates on Oahu public school campuses.
It found that police consistently arrested students of Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ethnicities, as well as Blacks, at higher rates than their school population over a number of years.
In 2015-16, for instance, although students with disabilities only make up about 10% of Hawaii’s student body, 23.1% were arrested on school grounds, according to U.S. Office for Civil Rights data.
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