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District reports Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 suspended or expelled students 28 times in a single school year

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Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 reported 28 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 28 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,266 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 10 incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 10. There were 10 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 17 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 24 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were 28 elementary or middle 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 two. There was one incident of drug offense. For three 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.

Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury100
Drug offenses01
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco41
Other reason102
Total244
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less30
1-2 days173
2-3 days41
3-4 days00
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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