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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

How many times were students suspended or expelled in Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 reported 10 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 10 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,206 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

Boy students received 10 suspensions.

There were 10 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were four. There were three incidents of violence without injury. 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.

Shelbyville Community Unit School District 4 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury1
Violence without injury3
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons1
Tobacco4
Other reason1
Total10
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days0
2-3 days1
3-4 days8
4-10 days1
More than 10 days0

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