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42 UALR L. Rev. 689 (2019-2020)
Overcoming Barriers to School Reentry for Youth Leaving Juvenile Justice Facilities

handle is hein.journals/ualr42 and id is 722 raw text is: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO SCHOOL REENTRY FOR YOUTH LEAVING JUVENILE JUSTICE FACILITIES Sarah Beebe* & Dustin Rynders** I. INTRODUCTION In 2017, over 40,000 young people below the age of21 were confined in juvenile correctional residential placement facilities across the United States.' Nationally, 60-70% of youth in the juvenile justice system have a diagnosable mental health condition, almost 30% have a serious disorder that requires immediate, significant treatment, and over 35% have a learning disability.2 Once released from these facilities, they face many barriers that prevent them from re-entering their previous public school setting, which is essential for increasing the odds of their long term success, including the likelihood of graduation, and reducing recidivism. Currently, after being released from juvenile justice facilities, as many as two-thirds of youth drop * Sarah Beebe is a supervising attorney with Disability Rights Texas for the Juvenile Proba- tion Education Advocacy Program. Sarah received a B.A. in History from Tulane University, a Masters in Social Work from Tulane School of Social Work, and a J.D. from William and Mary School of Law. Dustin Rynders is a supervising attorney of the Education Team at Disability Rights Texas. Dustin received a B.A. from Pepperdine University, an M.P.Aff. from the L.B.J. School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and a J.D. from The University of Houston Law Center. 1. Juveniles in Corrections - Demographics, OJJDP STATISTICAL BRIEFING BOOK (April 23, 2019), https://www.ojdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08201.asp?qaDate=2017. 2. Meservey and Skowra, Caringfor Youth with Mental Health Needs in the Juvenile Justice System: Improving Knowledge and Skills, NATIONAL CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND JUVENILE JUSTICE 2 (2015), https://ncyoj.policyresearchinc.org/img/resources/ Car- ingforYouthWithMentalHealthNeeds-692212.pdf; Elizabeth Lamura, Our Children, Ourselves: Ensuring the Education ofAmerica's At-Risk Youth, 31 BUFF. PUB. INT. L.J. 117, 120 (2012) (The majority of youths who have been involved in the juvenile justice system have a 'diagnosable substance abuse disorder, mental health disorder, or both.'); Jessica Feierman et al., The School-to-Prison Pipeline ... and Back: Obstacles and Remediesfor the Re-Enrollment ofAdjudicated Youth, 54 N.Y.L. SCH. L. REv. 1115,1123 (2009/10). 3. Elizabeth Seigle et al., Core Principles for Reducing Recidivism and Improving Other Outcomes for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System 30, COUNCIL OF ST. Gov'Ts JUST. CTR. (2014), https://csgjusticecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Core-Principles-for- Reducing-Recidivism-and-Improving-Other-Outcomes-for-Youth-in-the-Juvenile-Justice- System.pdf. 689

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