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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 reported 10 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 10 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 804 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, four incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. There was one incident of unspecified reasons. For two incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 10 suspensions.

There were two elementary or middle school students, and eight high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were four. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For five 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.

Edwards County Community Unit School District 1 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury01
Violence without injury13
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason14
Total28
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days25
2-3 days01
3-4 days02
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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