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District reports Pleasant Hill School District 69 suspended or expelled students 24 times in a single school year

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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Pleasant Hill School District 69 reported 24 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 24 students during the year. This equates to 13 percent of the 186 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 13 incidents with violence without physical injury.

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

Boy students received 18 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.

There were 24 elementary or middle 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 12. There were four incidents of unspecified reasons. For 13 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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.

Pleasant Hill School District 69 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury01
Violence without injury112
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason64
Total717
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less02
1-2 days41
2-3 days30
3-4 days013
4-10 days00
More than 10 days01

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