UConn InCHIP To Host Panel On Alternatives To Police In Schools

Press release from UConn:

Oct. 5, 2020

The UConn Gun Violence Prevention Research Interest Group, part of the Institute for Collaboration, Intervention and Policy (InCHIP), will host a virtual panel discussion entitled “Promoting Alternatives to Police in Schools: Addressing the School to Prison Pipeline” on Tuesday, October 6 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The event, which will feature Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, will center on “Senate Bill No. 4360: Counseling Not Criminalization in Schools Act.” Introduced by Senator Murphy, S. 4360 is a bill to reduce police presence and increase resources for counseling in schools, with aims “to divert Federal funding away from supporting the presence of police in schools and toward evidence-based and trauma informed services that address the needs of marginalized students and improve academic outcomes” in order to “create safe and inclusive schools for all students.”

The panel will feature Senator Murphy; Executive Director for the Connecticut Commission on Women Children and Seniors Steven Hernández; Executive Director of the Connecticut Victim Intervention Program Leonard Jahad; and University of Delaware professor of sociology and criminal justice Aaron Kupchik. The moderator will be Sandra M. Chafouleas, a professor of education psychology in UConn’s Neag School of Education. Opening remarks will be made by UConn President Thomas Katsouleas and closing remarks by Provost Carl Lejeuz.

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