School Justice Partnership Project Racial Justice Improvement Project Task Force School Justice Partnership Project

RJIP Task Force Initiatives School Justice Partnership Project Paving Alternative Strategies for Success (PASS) Policing Alternatives for Youth (PAY) Ordinance

WELCOME SCHOOL -JUSTICE PARTNERSHIPS: Candice Bates Anderson, Chief Judge Orleans Parish Juvenile Court SCHOOL -JUSTICE PARTNERSHIPS: A collaborative effort among courts, schools, state agencies, service providers, and law enforcement to keep children in school and out of court.

Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline The implementation of promising practices to help ensure that children involved in dependency and delinquency court stay in school and are less likely to be arrested, suspended, or expelled.

Critical Question: If we are to be truly collaborative in nature, how do we collaboratively assist New Orleans Public Schools in addressing the root causes of their students’ disruptive behavior before the behavior escalates to a degree that requires court involvement later?

Steve Teske, Chief Presiding Judge, Clayton County Family Court, GA School-Justice Partnership Model: Using Restorative Practices to Enhance School Climate and Public Safety “To many students get arrested or kicked out of school for minor trouble.” Steve Teske, Chief Presiding Judge, Clayton County Family Court, GA

What is the School-Justice Partnership Model? In a Nutshell… Developed by Judge Steven Teske in 2003 in Clayton County, GA; MOU between schools, law enforcement, and courts; To create a School-Justice Partnership; Using a Focus Act Decision Tree; By replacing arrests with a Graduated Response Program; That is guided by a Role Conflict Avoidance Model; Using the Positive Student Engagement Model for School Policing; and Create an independent backbone agency to deliver services to chronically disruptive students

Program Needed in New Orleans… Of the 755 interviews conducted by the OPJC intake staff in 2016, 102 alleged offenders were introduced to the juvenile justice system for school based offenses; 14% of youth interview by the OPJC intake staff in 2016 could have benefited from participating in school based intervention programming rather than referral to juvenile court; and In contrast to the 28% of total cases, more than twice that number or 58% of school based offenses referred to the Juvenile Detention Center would have qualified for the PASS program.

Paving Alternative to Strategies for Success (PASS) School Based Intervention Program Paving Alternative to Strategies for Success (PASS)

“When did making adults mad become a crime?” Paving Alternative Strategies for Success (PASS) School Based Intervention

P.A.S.S. Goals The goal of P.A.S.S. is to reduce the number of youth being arrested while attending school by addressing offenses that occur in schools without the youth being introduced to the juvenile/criminal justice system. The goal is to also assist students and their families with identifying resources to prevent the youth from entering into the juvenile justice system.

P.A.S.S. Overall Expectations Reduce the number of school based arrests, suspensions, and expulsions; Increase community safety through restorative justice approaches; and Decrease number of youth referred to juvenile court for school based offenses.

PASS PROCESS

Policing Alternatives for Youth (PAY) City of New Orleans New Warn Ordinance On January 1, 2018 the City of New Orleans will take lead in juvenile justice reform. A new ordinance will allow juveniles to be given a warning and court summons instead of being arrested and taken to a detention facility for minor offenses. More than 95 percent of youth offenders booked at Juvenile Detention Center are African American. In implementing this new ordinance will decrease the disparity of African American youth entering the juvenile justice system ; offering major benefit for our youth and our families and for our whole community .

QUESTIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS

Racial Justice Improvement Project Task Force Ranord J. Darensburg, Judicial Administrator Orleans Parish Juvenile Court 1100-B Milton Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 (504) 658-9546 rjdarensburg@nola.gov