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Students at Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 suspended or expelled 19 times in a single school year

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Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 reported 19 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 19 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 179 students enrolled.

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

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 11. For nine incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

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

There were 14 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 unspecified reasons, of which there were seven. There was one incident of violence without injury. For four 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.

Deland-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury01
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason117
Total118
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days92
2-3 days10
3-4 days14
4-10 days02
More than 10 days00

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