Short-term suspensions are a severe disciplinary tool that can be dispensed by school officials for one to five days at their own discretion. In addition to the negative impact of suspension on students, districts lose some state financial aid when students are not in school because they have been suspended. A continuing assessment of suspensions in Richland County School District No. 1 has occurred in the last few years primarily because of the differential application of suspension on black and white students. In 1975-76 there were 3.4 suspensions among blacks for every one suspension among whites. This represents only a fractional reduction from the previous year (1974-75) when the ratio was 3.6 black suspensions to one white. The report contains basic data over a two-year period on seven high schools, two junior high schools, and nine middle schools. The name of the school, number of suspensions by grade, number of suspensions by race, and number of suspension days are listed for all the schools. Entries of percent black students are available for all but one school. Reasons for suspensions are not complete for some of the middle schools. (MLF)