KRISTIN M. HALL
Associated Press Writer
NASHVILLE – A new report shows the number of Tennessee school children committing zero tolerance offenses has increased 31 percent during the past decade, but there’s been improvement in the past couple of years.
Those offenses include drug possession or use, firearms possession and battery against staff members, and they generally result in transfer to an alternative school, expulsion or some other discipline.
The state comptroller’s office in a report released this week looked at data from school districts across the state from 1999 through 2008.