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Students suspended or expelled seven times in a single school year in La Harpe Community School District 347

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La Harpe Community School District 347 reported seven 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 7 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 198 students enrolled.

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

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were five. There was one incident of violence with injury. For four incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received seven suspensions.

There were seven elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

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.

La Harpe Community School District 347 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury1
Violence without injury1
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco0
Other reason5
Total7
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days4
2-3 days1
3-4 days2
4-10 days0
More than 10 days0

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