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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 reported 60 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 60 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 1,068 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for eight incidents with violence without physical injury, 17 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 26. There were 17 incidents of tobacco. For 40 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 49 suspensions, while 11 girls were suspended.

There were 24 elementary or middle school students, and 36 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for drug offense, of which there were five. There were four incidents of unspecified reasons. For five incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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.

Hamilton County Community Unit School District 10 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury71
Drug offenses05
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco170
Other reason264
Total5010
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days403
2-3 days61
3-4 days45
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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