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District reports Addison School District 4 suspended or expelled students 123 times in a single school year

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Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Official Website

Steven Isoye State Board of Education Chairperson | Official Website

Addison School District 4 reported 123 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,561 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 44 incidents with violence without physical injury, 19 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 17 incidents with drugs, 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 27. There were 22 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 47 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 75 suspensions, while 48 girls were suspended.

There were 123 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 19. There were 17 incidents of violence without injury. For 29 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.

Addison School District 4 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol21
Violence with injury10
Violence without injury2717
Drug offenses611
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco124
Other reason2219
Total7053
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less91
1-2 days4729
2-3 days515
3-4 days66
4-10 days32
More than 10 days00

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