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Students suspended or expelled 17 times in a single school year in Morton Grove School District 70

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Morton Grove School District 70 reported 17 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 17 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 854 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, seven incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were two. There was one incident of violence with injury. For three incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 15 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were 17 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were six. There were six incidents of unspecified reasons. For nine 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.

Morton Grove School District 70 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol00
Violence with injury11
Violence without injury16
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons00
Tobacco00
Other reason26
Total413
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less12
1-2 days39
2-3 days01
3-4 days00
4-10 days01
More than 10 days00

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