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District reports Norridge School District 80 suspended or expelled students three times in a single school year

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Norridge School District 80 reported three 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 3 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,039 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. There was one incident of drug offense. For one incident, student was suspended for two to three days.

Boy students received three suspensions.

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

The district reported that most out-of-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. 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.

Norridge School District 80 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury10
Drug offenses10
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason01
Total21
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days01
2-3 days10
3-4 days10
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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