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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Elverado Community Unit School District 196 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Elverado Community Unit School District 196 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 three percent of the 369 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were five. There were four incidents of tobacco. For seven incidents, students were suspended for two to three days.

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

There were 10 elementary or middle school students, and one high school student suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

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.

Elverado Community Unit School District 196 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury5
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons1
Tobacco4
Other reason1
Total11
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days3
2-3 days7
3-4 days1
4-10 days0
More than 10 days0

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