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St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District 169 students suspended 21 times in 2023-24 school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | linkedin.com

St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District 169 reported 21 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 21 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 2.6 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

Among in-school suspensions where a reason was specified, the most common cause was incidents involving violence without physical injury, with seven recorded cases. There were also two incidents involving violence that caused physical injury. Additionally, 10 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 20 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another one incident involved a female student—a rate of approximately 0.3 incidents per 100 female students.

All 21 suspensions issued in the district involved elementary or middle school students.

The only out-of-school suspension was for incident involving violence without physical injury. Additionally, one case was classified under the "other reason" category.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District 169 were white, who made up 93.8% of the district’s student population.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

St. Joseph Community Consolidated School District 169 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury2-
Violence without injury71
Drug offenses--
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco--
Other reason101
Total192
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less--
1-2 days101
2-3 days6-
3-4 days3-
4-10 days-1
More than 10 days--

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