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District reports Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 suspended or expelled students 35 times in a single school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Oficial Website

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Oficial Website

Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 reported 35 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 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 35 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,245 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 15. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 26 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.

There were 35 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were nine. There were six incidents of tobacco. For 12 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.

Pleasant Plains Community Unit School District 8 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury01
Drug offenses03
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco06
Other reason159
Total1520
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days124
2-3 days33
3-4 days01
4-10 days012
More than 10 days00

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