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Students suspended or expelled 12 times in a single school year in Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70

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Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 reported 12 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 12 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 767 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were five. There were three incidents of violence with injury. For four incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.

Boy students received 10 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were 12 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

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.

Freeburg Community Consolidated School District 70 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury3
Violence without injury0
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons1
Tobacco5
Other reason3
Total12
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days2
2-3 days4
3-4 days2
4-10 days4
More than 10 days0

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