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Students at Lexington Community Unit School District 7 suspended or expelled 35 times in a single school year

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Lexington Community Unit School District 7 reported 35 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 35 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 491 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for nine incidents with violence without physical injury, six 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 12. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 11 suspensions, while 24 girls were suspended.

There were 30 elementary or middle school students, and five high 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 seven. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For seven incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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.

Lexington Community Unit School District 7 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury45
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco33
Other reason127
Total1916
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less53
1-2 days127
2-3 days26
3-4 days00
4-10 days00
More than 10 days00

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