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District reports Orland School District 135 suspended or expelled students 155 times in a single school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Official Website

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Official Website

Orland School District 135 reported 155 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 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 155 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 5,149 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 12 incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents 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 87. There were five incidents of tobacco. For 70 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 127 suspensions, while 28 girls were suspended.

There were 155 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 39. There were 12 incidents of violence without injury. For 38 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.

Orland School District 135 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury07
Violence without injury012
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons03
Tobacco52
Other reason8739
Total9263
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less195
1-2 days7038
2-3 days36
3-4 days06
4-10 days08
More than 10 days00

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