Quantcast

Rock Island Today

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

District reports Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 suspended or expelled students 37 times in a single school year

Shutterstock 84230779

Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 reported 37 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 37 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 2,482 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident 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 27. For 25 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 29 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 10 elementary or middle school students, and 27 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 five. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For five 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.

Geneseo Community Unit School District 228 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol01
Violence with injury00
Violence without injury03
Drug offenses00
Firearm00
Other dangerous weapons01
Tobacco00
Other reason275
Total2710
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less251
1-2 days25
2-3 days01
3-4 days01
4-10 days02
More than 10 days00

MORE NEWS