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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Granite City Community Unit School District 9 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Granite City Community Unit School District 9 reported four 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 4 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 5,657 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for tobacco, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for two to three days.

Boy students received two suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were four elementary or middle 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 three. For three 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.

Granite City Community Unit School District 9 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses03
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco10
Other reason00
Total13
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days00
2-3 days10
3-4 days00
4-10 days03
More than 10 days00

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