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How many times were students suspended or expelled in East Peoria Community High School District 309 in 2021-22 school year?

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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

East Peoria Community High School District 309 reported 1,043 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 1043 students during the year. This equates to 111 percent of the 938 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 42 incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 861. There were 40 incidents of tobacco. For 635 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 624 suspensions, while 419 girls were suspended.

There were 1,043 high 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 140. There were two incidents of tobacco. For 72 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.

East Peoria Community High School District 309 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco402
Other reason861140
Total901142
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days63517
2-3 days19315
3-4 days7338
4-10 days072
More than 10 days00

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