During a summer seminar, The Tucson Unified School District unveiled a race-based disciplinary system in an effort to balance out the discrepancies between minority students and their fellow classmates.  The plan, titled the "Post-Unitary Status Plan", would specifically focus on "improving" the academic status of TUSD's Black and Hispanic students, with the goal of creating a "restorative school culture and climate" that conveys a "sense of belonging to all students."  To accomplish this, the board is insisting that its schools reduce the number of suspensions and/or expulsions of minority students so that the data reflects "no ethnic/racial disparities."
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