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Students suspended or expelled eight times in a single school year in Rome Community Consolidated School District 2

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Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 reported eight 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 8 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 396 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury.

Boy students received seven suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

There were eight 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 six. There was one incident of violence with injury. For four 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.

Rome Community Consolidated School District 2 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury1
Violence without injury1
Drug offenses0
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco0
Other reason6
Total8
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days0
2-3 days2
3-4 days1
4-10 days4
More than 10 days1

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