The history of school discipline has varied greatly since educating students in a formal setting became the norm, as there has always been emphasis on controlling students. The violations of school rules that have resulted in consequences have also varied. What has been documented in scholarship for almost 50 years is that African American students have borne the brunt of disparate disciplinary outcomes (Anderson & Ritter, 2016). This executive position paper provides empirical evidence on discipline disparities in public education. While examining and illustrating the disparate discipline data of a rural Maryland school district, the focal point of this EPP is on academic years 2015-2016 through 2017-2018, in the district's only middle school and two high schools. The literature review in Chapter II gives perspectives on topics that include racialized perceptions of crime, the misrepresentation of crime, and societal perception of crime as a rationale for criminalizing the behavior of African American youth in the public-school setting. Additionally, the criminalization of youth of color, the creation of moral panic, zero tolerance policies, and the contributors to disparities in disciplinary outcomes are addressed to explain school systems' justification for why the current past and present data that exist explain the discipline that has affected African American students. Chapter III presents data from the rural Maryland school district that highlights how discipline disparities have taken place. In the conclusion of this executive position paper, the researcher provides evidenced-based strategies as recommendations for solutions towards the elimination of discipline disparities within public schools in this district and other school districts throughout the nation. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]