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District reports Bluford Unit School District 318 suspended or expelled students 28 times in a single school year

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Bluford Unit School District 318 reported 28 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 28 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 360 students enrolled.

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

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were seven. There were six incidents of violence without injury. For 15 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 21 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.

There were six elementary or middle school students, and 22 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were three. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For three incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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.

Bluford Unit School District 318 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury21
Violence without injury62
Drug offenses20
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco40
Other reason73
Total217
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less12
1-2 days153
2-3 days30
3-4 days11
4-10 days11
More than 10 days00

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