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Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 students suspended or expelled 893 times just in 2023-24 school year

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Dr. Rachel Savage Superintendent at Moline Coal Valley Community Unit School District 40 | Official Website

Dr. Rachel Savage Superintendent at Moline Coal Valley Community Unit School District 40 | Official Website

Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 reported 890 suspensions and three expulsions just during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Illinois Report Card.

In total, there were 893 disciplinary actions recorded during the school year, representing a rate of approximately 12.4 incidents per 100 of the district’s enrolled students.

The expulsions were issued for an incident involving a firearm and two incidents involving a dangerous weapon other than a firearm.

Among in-school suspensions where a reason was specified, the most common cause was incidents involving violence that caused physical injury, with 101 recorded cases. There were also 22 incidents involving violence without physical injury. Additionally, 165 cases were classified under "other reason" or left unspecified.

There were 581 disciplinary incidents involving male students. Another 312 incidents involved female students.

Of all suspensions issued in the district, 685 involved elementary or middle school students, while 205 involved high school students.

Out-of-school suspensions most commonly were for incidents involving violence that caused physical injury, with 332 cases reported. Additionally, 173 cases were classified under the "other reason" category.

In terms of ethnicity, Black students, who made up 13.6% of the Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 student body, were suspended or expelled the most in the district, with 302 suspensions and one expulsion reported during the 2023-24 school year. They were followed by white students, who made up 44.6% of the student body, and received 270 suspensions.

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.

Moline-Coal Valley School District 40 Student Discipline Report
Type of IncidentIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School SuspensionExpelled
Alcohol-1-
Violence with injury101332-
Violence without injury2220-
Drug offenses114-
Firearm-11
Other dangerous weapons-182
Tobacco1329-
Other reason165173-
Total3025883
Length of Suspensions
DurationIn-School SuspensionOut-of-School Suspension
One day or less5010
1-2 days215131
2-3 days33116
3-4 days4151
4-10 days-164
More than 10 days-16

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