This is the executive summary for the report, "Is California Doing Enough to Close the School Discipline Gap?" In California, a combination of statewide and local efforts has been implemented to reduce the use of punitive suspensions in public K-12 schools. Current state data trends reflect these efforts, showing that far fewer students were suspended during the 2018-19 school year than in 2011-12. However, the data trends also show that the decline in the use of suspensions has slowed at the state level in the last few years and that large racial disparities remain, although they have narrowed. Both the current data and the trends are described in terms of the estimated disparate impact on instruction time lost due to suspensions, with a focus on the impact experienced by students of color and students with disabilities. [For the full report, see ED607056.]