The Landmark 051822

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LTHS adopts plan to address discipline imbalance Students of color suspended and expelled disproportionally, state says

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By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Lyons Township High School has been suspending and expelling students of color at significantly higher rates than white students, prompting the state of Illinois to require the school to come up with a plan, which the school board approved May 16, to address that imbalance. A law enacted in 2016 requires that the Illinois State Board of Education track the racial profile of students suspended and expelled. The top 20 percent of school districts exhibiting racial disproportionality when it comes to “exclusionary discipline” must adopt an improvement plan until they are not in the top 20

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