The Southern Poverty Law Center did this lawsuit...
http://goo.gl/3gypwx • During the 2008-09 school year, the RSD suspended 26.8 percent of all students with disabilities - a rate that is 63 percent higher than the statewide average. Sadly, many of the charter schools in New Orleans had much higher rates, posting some of the highest discipline rates for students with disabilities in the state. Some charter school suspended children with disabilities at rates that are 100 percent higher than the state average.
• Children with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in many New Orleans charter schools - averaging 7.8 percent of total enrollment. In the RSD, students with disabilities comprise about 12.6 of the student body.