Quantcast

Sangamon Sun

Friday, November 22, 2024

District reports Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 suspended or expelled students two times in a single school year

Hs 02

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 reported two 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 2 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 418 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury.

Boy students received two suspensions.

There were one elementary or middle school student, and one high school student suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were two. For one incident, student was 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.

Grant Park Community Unit School District 6 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury2
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco0
Other reason0
Total2
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days1
2-3 days0
3-4 days1
4-10 days0
More than 10 days0

MORE NEWS