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Students suspended or expelled 19 times in a single school year in O'Fallon Township High School District 203

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O'Fallon Township High School District 203 reported 19 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 19 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,479 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents 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 five. There was one incident of tobacco. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 13 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.

There were 19 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 six. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For seven 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.

O'Fallon Township High School District 203 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury04
Drug offenses02
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco10
Other reason56
Total613
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days57
2-3 days10
3-4 days03
4-10 days03
More than 10 days00

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