The SPPG is primarily funded by the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities (GCDD). The mission of GCDD is to bring social and policy changes which promote opportunities for the spectrum of people with developmental disabilities, as well as their families. The overarching goal of this project is to produce a comprehensive report which assesses the current status of the school-to-prison pipeline in the State of Georgia.

 

Additional goals include: the completion of exploratory research that gives insight into correlations between school disciplinary policies, student developmental disability determination, student demographics (i.e. age, grades, socio-economic status, and race/ethnicity), and the escalation of disciplinary actions (e.g. verbal warning, in-school suspension, out-of-school suspension, expulsion and/or recommendations to an alternative setting) taken by school officials; two, determines variables that may impact the results of the research, findings, and outcomes.