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Bethel School District 82 students suspended 15 times in 2023-24 school year

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Tony Sanders State Superintendent of Education | Official Website

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Bethel School District 82 reported 15 suspensions during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 15 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 10.9 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

Among in-school suspensions where a reason was specified, the most common cause was incidents involving tobacco, with two recorded cases. There were also two incidents involving violence that caused physical injury and violence without physical injury. Additionally, five cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 14 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another one incident involved a female student—a rate of approximately 0.1 incidents per 10 female students.

All 15 suspensions issued in the district involved elementary or middle school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence that caused physical injury, with four cases reported. Additionally, one case was classified under the "other reason" category.

All of the students suspended during the 2023-24 school year in Bethel School District 82 were white, who made up 84.8% of the district’s student population.

Illinois has approved a 2025 budget that allocates $8.6 billion to K-12 education, a $350 million increase from the previous fiscal year—the minimum required under the state funding formula.

In 2024, Illinois registered a teacher retention rate of almost 90%. Yet, around 91% of superintendents reported having a 'serious' problem teacher shortage problem. In total, almost 4,100 teaching positions remained vacant by the end of the year.

“They’re putting a substitute in there, that’s somebody with a four-year degree that’s not in teaching. They’re using a retired teacher…or worse than that, they’re canceling the class, putting the kids in other classrooms, putting them in study hall, but those are strategies we have to use if there’s no qualified teacher,” said Beth Crider, regional superintendent of Peoria County Regional Office of Education #48.

Bethel School District 82 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
Alcohol--
Violence with injury14
Violence without injury1-
Drug offenses-1
Firearm--
Other dangerous weapons--
Tobacco2-
Other reason51
Total96
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less1-
1-2 days61
2-3 days21
3-4 days-4
4-10 days--
More than 10 days--

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