What Do Suspensions Cost?Suspensions for drugs and violence rose 5% in California from SY06-07 to SY07-08, with very real costs for schools. Figuring Average Daily Attendance payments at $30 per day, a three-day out-of-school suspension results in a loss of $90 to the school. In addition are the administrative costs of fact gathering, meeting with parents, data entry and record keeping. With those tasks easily taking an average of 4 hours of time, at an average time cost of $50/hour (averaging the pay to principals, counselors, secretaries and other staff involved), those administrative costs are approximately $200, bringing the total cost for each suspension to $290. For 10 suspensions, that’s $2900. For 100 suspensions, that’s $29,000. Download our Suspension Costs Analysis. And those figures do not take into account the other costs and impacts of a suspension on the student and her/his teachers:
In the Clear Creek Independent School District outside of Houston, Texas, 316 mandatory DAEPs (District Alternative Education Placements) for drugs, alcohol, weapons, fights and assaults cost the District roughly $790,000 in 2006-2007. Implementing the Safe School Ambassadors program reduced that number to 230 students in the following year, a 27% decrease that saved the district more than $215,000. Find out how much suspensions cost your school or district. Provide basic information and receive a Customized Suspension Cost Analysis |