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Students suspended or expelled 22 times in a single school year in Virginia Community Unit School District 64

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Virginia Community Unit School District 64 reported 22 suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 307 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 10 incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. There were seven incidents of violence without injury. For nine incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 14 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 17 elementary or middle school students, and five high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were three. There was one incident of unspecified reasons. 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.

Virginia Community Unit School District 64 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury10
Violence without injury73
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason101
Total184
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less91
1-2 days92
2-3 days00
3-4 days00
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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