Oakland school board votes to defund contract with police, cites disproportionate arrest of black studentshttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/oakland-school-board-votes-to-defund-contract-with-police-cites-disproportionate-arrest-of-black-studentsThe local school board in Oakland, California, unanimously voted on Wednesday night to eliminate the district's agreement with local police.
The board cited the disproportionate arrest of black students and suggested several alternative ways to handle discipline inside schools, according to local station KRON.
Black students, who make up just over 25% of the district's enrollment, have accounted for 73% of arrests in city schools since 2015, school officials said.
The district has spent nearly $10 million on its security and police force in the last five years, according to the resolution passed Wednesday.
The news comes the same day that California's top education executive announced his office is working to reshape the role of police and security officers in schools statewide.
As Instapundit's Ed Driscoll scarcastically commented, "This will end well".
