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Students at Vienna School District 55 suspended or expelled 15 times in a single school year

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Vienna School District 55 reported 15 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 15 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 367 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 10 incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were three. There was one incident of unspecified reasons. For four incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 11 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were 15 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were seven. There were three incidents of tobacco. For six 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.

Vienna School District 55 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury37
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco03
Other reason11
Total411
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days44
2-3 days06
3-4 days01
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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