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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Urbana School District 116 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Urbana School District 116 reported 11 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 11 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,002 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for violence without injury, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for two to three days.

Boy students received six suspensions, while five girls were suspended.

There were 11 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 six. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For seven 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.

Urbana School District 116 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury12
Drug offenses01
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco01
Other reason06
Total110
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less01
1-2 days07
2-3 days11
3-4 days01
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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