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Students suspended or expelled 14 times in a single school year in East Alton School District 13

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East Alton School District 13 reported 14 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 14 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 717 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence that caused physical injury, seven incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were three. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For three incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 14 suspensions.

There were 14 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

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

East Alton School District 13 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury31
Violence without injury25
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco02
Other reason10
Total68
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less10
1-2 days31
2-3 days03
3-4 days12
4-10 days12
More than 10 days00

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