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District reports Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 suspended or expelled students 125 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

Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 reported 125 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 125 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 1,720 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 25 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs, four incidents 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 49. There were 22 incidents of violence without injury. For 50 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 98 suspensions, while 27 girls were suspended.

There were 125 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 32. There were four incidents of violence with injury. For 21 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.

Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury34
Violence without injury223
Drug offenses04
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons04
Tobacco04
Other reason4932
Total7451
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less503
1-2 days2320
2-3 days121
3-4 days01
4-10 days06
More than 10 days00

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