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Students at Rich Township High School District 227 suspended or expelled 362 times in a single school year

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Rich Township High School District 227 reported 362 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,595 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 31 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 165 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 14 incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 29. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For 16 incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.

Boy students received 219 suspensions, while 142 girls were suspended.

There were 362 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 161. There were 118 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 148 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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.

Rich Township High School District 227 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury031
Violence without injury4161
Drug offenses014
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco04
Other reason29118
Total33329
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days827
2-3 days1637
3-4 days7117
4-10 days2148
More than 10 days00

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