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Freeburg Community High School District 77 reports 29 incidents of students being suspended in 2023-24 school year

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Freeburg Community High School District 77 reported 29 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 29 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 4.4 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

Among in-school suspension where a reason was specified, the only case was given for incident involving violence without physical injury. Additionally, 21 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 21 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another eight incidents involved female students.

All 29 suspensions issued in the district involved high school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence that caused physical injury, with three cases reported. Additionally, one case was classified under the "other reason" category.

In terms of ethnicity, white students, who made up 92.3% of the Freeburg Community High School District 77 student body, were suspended the most in the district, with 28 suspensions reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by multiracial students, who made up 2.6% of the student body, and received one suspension.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

Freeburg Community High School District 77 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury-3
Violence without injury1-
Drug offenses-2
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco-1
Other reason211
Total227
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less--
1-2 days17-
2-3 days41
3-4 days-4
4-10 days--
More than 10 days12

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