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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Students suspended or expelled eight times in a single school year in Gurnee School District 56

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Gurnee School District 56 reported eight 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 8 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,851 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with violence without physical injury.

Boy students received eight suspensions.

There were eight elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For eight 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.

Gurnee School District 56 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury5
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco0
Other reason3
Total8
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days0
2-3 days0
3-4 days8
4-10 days0
More than 10 days0

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