According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 4 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,068 students enrolled.
Boy students received three suspensions, while one girl was suspended.
There were four elementary or middle 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 four. For two incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.
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.
Benton Community Consolidated School District 47 student discipline report
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | 0 | |
| Violence with injury | 0 | |
| Violence without injury | 0 | |
| Drug offenses | 0 | |
| Firearm | 0 | |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | |
| Tobacco | 0 | |
| Other reason | 4 | |
| Total | 4 |
Length of suspensions
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 1 | |
| 1-2 days | 0 | |
| 2-3 days | 0 | |
| 3-4 days | 2 | |
| 4-10 days | 1 | |
| More than 10 days | 0 |
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