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District reports Hall High School District 502 suspended or expelled students seven times in a single school year

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Hall High School District 502 reported seven 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 7 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 414 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.

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

There were seven high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were four. There were two incidents of drug offense. For five incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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.

Hall High School District 502 student discipline report
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
Alcohol0
Violence with injury0
Violence without injury0
Drug offenses2
Firearm0
Other dangerous weapons0
Tobacco4
Other reason1
Total7
Length of suspensions
In-school SuspensionOut-of-school Suspension
One day or less0
1-2 days2
2-3 days0
3-4 days5
4-10 days0
More than 10 days0

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