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Thursday, November 21, 2024

How many times were students suspended or expelled in South Fork School District 14 in 2020-2021 school year?

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South Fork School District 14 reported 11 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 11 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 296 students enrolled.

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

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

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

There were 11 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 five. There were two 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.

South Fork School District 14 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury22
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco02
Other reason05
Total29
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days25
2-3 days04
3-4 days00
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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