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Percent of Students with Disabilities Being Suspended More than 10 Days in a School Year By Need Resource Capacity of School Districts

	New York City & Yonkers	Buffalo	Rochester	Syracuse	Urban-Suburban High Need	Rural High Need	Average Need	Low Need	Total Public
2004-05	0.0108	0.0614	0.0657	0.0644	0.0183	0.0148	0.0099	0.003	0.0134
2005-06	0.008	0.0663	0.0973	0.0629	0.0197	0.0143	0.0108	0.0033	0.013
2006-07	0.0114	0.0496	0.0584	0.0636	0.0224	0.014	0.0115	0.0032	0.0137
2007-08	0.0105	0.0293	0.0506	0.0558	0.0238	0.0147	0.0106	0.003	0.0126

APR February 2009, Indicator #4A

• Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse have a combined rate of suspensions more than 3 times the Statewide rate.

• Urban-Suburban High Need districts are increasing their rates of long term suspensions, not decreasing them.