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Monday, April 29, 2024

District reports Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U suspended or expelled students 39 times in a single school year

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Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U reported 39 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 39 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,271 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, eight incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 18. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 30 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.

There were 16 elementary or middle school students, and 23 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 seven. There were six incidents of violence without injury. For five 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.

Reed Custer Community Unit School District 255U student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol12
Violence with injury01
Violence without injury26
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco11
Other reason187
Total2217
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less72
1-2 days145
2-3 days13
3-4 days03
4-10 days04
More than 10 days00

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