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Students suspended or expelled 31 times in a single school year in DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

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DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 reported 31 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 31 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 6,472 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 20. There was one incident of tobacco. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 24 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.

There were 14 elementary or middle school students, and 17 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 10. 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.

DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco10
Other reason2010
Total2110
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less100
1-2 days107
2-3 days01
3-4 days11
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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