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Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 Report: Suspensions in Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 totaled 3 in 2023-24 school year

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Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Jason Helfer Chief Education Officer - Instruction | Twitter

Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 reported three suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were three disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 1.9 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

Among in-school suspension where a reason was specified, the only case was given for incident involving alcohol.

Only male students were subject to disciplinary actions, a rate of approximately 0.4 incidents per 10 male students.

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

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving alcohol, with two cases reported.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 were white, who made up 89.9% 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.

Gifford Community Consolidated School District 188 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol12
Violence with injury--
Violence without injury--
Drug offenses--
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco--
Other reason--
Total12
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less--
1-2 days--
2-3 days--
3-4 days--
4-10 days12
More than 10 days--

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