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District reports Dupo Community Unit School District 196 suspended or expelled students 71 times in a single school year

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Dupo Community Unit School District 196 reported 71 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 71 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 963 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 10 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident 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 40. There were three incidents of tobacco. For 40 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 60 suspensions, while 11 girls were suspended.

There were 41 elementary or middle school students, and 30 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 14. There were 10 incidents of violence without injury. For 17 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.

Dupo Community Unit School District 196 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury01
Violence without injury010
Drug offenses01
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco31
Other reason4014
Total4328
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days4017
2-3 days31
3-4 days07
4-10 days03
More than 10 days00

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