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District reports Bartonville School District 66 suspended or expelled students four times in a single school year

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Bartonville School District 66 reported four 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 4 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 291 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence without physical injury.

Boy students received four suspensions.

There were four 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 three. There was one incident of violence without injury. For two 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.

Bartonville School District 66 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury1
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco0
Other reason3
Total4
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days2
2-3 days0
3-4 days1
4-10 days1
More than 10 days0

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