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Students at Egyptian Community Unit School District 5 suspended or expelled 273 times in a single school year

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Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com

Dr. Donna Leak Vice-Chair - Flossmoor | firststudentinc.com

Egyptian Community Unit School District 5 reported 273 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 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 273 students during the year. This equates to 80 percent of the 342 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for nine incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 255. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For 181 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 184 suspensions, while 89 girls were suspended.

There were 183 elementary or middle school students, and 90 high 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 six. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For six incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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.

Egyptian Community Unit School District 5 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol10
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury45
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons10
Tobacco10
Other reason2556
Total26211
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less00
1-2 days1812
2-3 days280
3-4 days406
4-10 days133
More than 10 days00

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