Quantcast

Sangamon Sun

Friday, November 22, 2024

Students at South Beloit Community Unit School District 320 suspended or expelled 37 times in a single school year

Hs 02

South Beloit Community Unit School District 320 reported 37 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 37 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 910 students enrolled.

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

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 20 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.

There were 18 elementary or middle school students, and 19 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 23. There were five incidents of drug offense. For 11 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.

South Beloit Community Unit School District 320 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury03
Drug offenses05
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco04
Other reason123
Total136
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less02
1-2 days111
2-3 days011
3-4 days06
4-10 days06
More than 10 days00

MORE NEWS