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District reports Porta Community Unit School District 202 suspended or expelled students two times in a single school year

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Porta Community Unit School District 202 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 1,023 students enrolled.

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

Boy student received one suspension, while one girl was suspended.

There were two high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

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

Porta Community Unit School District 202 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury1
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco0
Other reason1
Total2
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days0
2-3 days1
3-4 days0
4-10 days1
More than 10 days0

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