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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 reported 27 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 27 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 586 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with drugs, one incident 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 five. There were two incidents of drug offense. For six incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 10 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.

There were 14 elementary or middle school students, and 13 high 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 nine. There were five incidents of drug offense. For eight 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.

Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury02
Violence without injury03
Drug offenses25
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco00
Other reason59
Total720
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less13
1-2 days68
2-3 days07
3-4 days02
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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