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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Grant Community High School District 124 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Grant Community High School District 124 reported nine suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 9 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,751 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for seven incidents with drugs.

Boy students received five suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were nine high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were seven. There were two incidents of unspecified reasons. For six incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.

Illinois ranks as the 5th state in terms of the overall number of schools and student enrollment among all states.

Illinois lawmakers enacted laws in 2015 to restrict schools from disciplining a disproportionate number of Black and minority students out of school and into the criminal justice system, often for minor misbehavior.

Grant Community High School District 124 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury0
Drug offenses7
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco0
Other reason2
Total9
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less1
1-2 days0
2-3 days2
3-4 days6
4-10 days0
More than 10 days0

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