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Students at Gallatin Community Unit School District 7 suspended or expelled 11 times in a single school year

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Gallatin Community Unit School District 7 reported 11 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 11 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 727 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, five incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were three. There was one incident of violence with injury. For two incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received eight suspensions, while three girls were suspended.

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

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were five. There was one incident of violence without injury. For five incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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.

Gallatin Community Unit School District 7 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury10
Violence without injury01
Drug offenses05
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason31
Total47
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less20
1-2 days20
2-3 days00
3-4 days02
4-10 days05
More than 10 days00

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