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How many times were students suspended or expelled in Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 in 2020-2021 school year?

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Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 reported 24 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 24 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 1,812 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for six incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. There were four incidents of tobacco. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 16 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 18 elementary or middle school students, and six 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 eight. There were two incidents of tobacco. 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.

Sandwich Community Unit School District 430 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury00
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco42
Other reason108
Total1410
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less11
1-2 days87
2-3 days50
3-4 days01
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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