A Case of Policy Discourse on the School-to-Prison Pipeline: School Disciplinary Policy Reform in Texas

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Abstract

Critical discourse analysis and critical policy analysis are conducted in this paper to deconstruct the political discourse of the school disciplinary policy reform in 2013 and 2015 Texas legislation sessions on SB 393 and SB 106. Although the counter-discourse of the reform shows individual financial interests, major findings reflect the concerns about the injustice of school disciplinary policy in Texas, the necessity to decriminalizing students, and the ideology of discipline and control.

Author

• Wei-Ling Sun, The University of Texas - Austin