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Students suspended or expelled 65 times in a single school year in Canton Union School District 66

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Canton Union School District 66 reported 65 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 65 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 2,181 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 10 incidents with violence without physical injury, 11 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 12. There were six incidents of tobacco. For nine incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.

Boy students received 42 suspensions, while 23 girls were suspended.

There were 30 elementary or middle school students, and 35 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 28. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 15 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.

Canton Union School District 66 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury01
Violence without injury28
Drug offenses03
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco65
Other reason1228
Total2045
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less013
1-2 days715
2-3 days32
3-4 days911
4-10 days14
More than 10 days00

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