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Students at Chester Community Unit School District 139 suspended or expelled 14 times in a single school year

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Chester Community Unit School District 139 reported 14 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 14 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 935 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

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

Boy students received 12 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were six elementary or middle school students, and eight 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 two. For two 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.

Chester Community Unit School District 139 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury02
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco60
Other reason60
Total122
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less10
1-2 days90
2-3 days10
3-4 days12
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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