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District reports Harmony Emge School District 175 suspended or expelled students 19 times in a single school year

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Harmony Emge School District 175 reported 19 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 19 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 765 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 12 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

Boy students received 14 suspensions, while five girls were suspended.

There were 19 elementary or middle school students 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 12. There were five incidents of unspecified reasons. For nine 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.

Harmony Emge School District 175 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury12
Drug offenses1
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco1
Other reason5
Total19
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days9
2-3 days2
3-4 days3
4-10 days5
More than 10 days0

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