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District reports Byron Community Unit School District 226 suspended or expelled students 57 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

Byron Community Unit School District 226 reported 57 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 57 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 1,478 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for seven incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs, two 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 24. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 19 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 49 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 57 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 13. There were six incidents of tobacco. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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.

Byron Community Unit School District 226 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury25
Drug offenses04
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons02
Tobacco16
Other reason2413
Total2730
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less40
1-2 days192
2-3 days47
3-4 days09
4-10 days012
More than 10 days00

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