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Students suspended or expelled 14 times in a single school year in Leyden Community High School District 212

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Leyden Community High School District 212 reported 14 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 14 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,421 students enrolled.

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

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

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

There were 14 high 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 four. There were four incidents of tobacco. 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.

Leyden Community High School District 212 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury11
Drug offenses04
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco04
Other reason22
Total311
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days37
2-3 days03
3-4 days00
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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