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District reports Morris School District 54 suspended or expelled students 16 times in a single school year

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Morris School District 54 reported 16 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 16 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 1,094 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were nine. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received six suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.

There were 16 elementary or middle 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 five. There was one incident of violence with injury. For four incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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.

Morris School District 54 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury01
Violence without injury01
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason95
Total97
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less01
1-2 days52
2-3 days24
3-4 days20
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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