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Percent of School Disciplinary Incidents Involving Prescription Drugs, 2013/2014: by Region

Counties of Minnesota Chisago Isanti Ramsey Anoka Washington Hennepin Benton Wright Dakota Scott Carver McLeod Mille Lacs Kanabec Wabasha Goodhue Rice Le Sueur Sibley Sherburne Meeker Renville Chippewa Stearns Morrison Pine Crow Wing Aitkin Brown Yellow Medicine Lac qui Parle Big Stone Traverse Wilkin Todd Wadena Cass Polk Red Lake Clearwater Becker Carlton Hubbard Norman Clay Mahnomen Beltrami Itasca Pennington Marshall Kittson Roseau Lake of the Woods Koochiching St. Louis Lake Cook Redwood Cottonwood Watonwan Steele Dodge Otter Tail Grant Douglas Stevens Pope Lyon Nicollet Lincoln Kandiyohi Swift Pepestone Murray Blue Earth Olmsted Winona Waseca Rock Nobles Jackson Martin Faribault Freeborn Mower Fillmore Houston
  • >1.0% to ≤6.7%
  • ≥0.0% to ≤1.0%
  • No data available

About the Indicator:

School disciplinary incidents involving prescription drugs were obtained by school district, then aggregated to the county level.  Percentages are found by totaling each county's prescription drug-related incidents and dividing them by the total amount of disciplinary incidents for that county. Each incident is counted only once; if multiple reasons per incident were reported, only the most serious reason is counted.

Use this incident type when a student has in his or her possession, and/or is involved in the solicitation or sale of prescription medication that may or may not be prescribed for that student, and the possession is against school policy, consistent with state law.  A drug or other substance identified under Schedules I, II, III, IV or V of the Controlled Substance Act. See 21 USC § 812 (c); and Minnesota Statutes sections, 152.01 subd. 4 and 152.02. The term does not include distilled spirits, wine, malt beverages, intoxicating liquors or tobacco. 

Controlled Substance definition: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=152.01

Controlled Substance Schedules: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=152.02

Asthma Inhalers: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=121A.221

Use of Nonsyringe Injectors of Epinephrine at school: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=121A.2205

Data Source: Minnesota Department of Education Data Center

Description: The Minnesota Department of Education's Data Center provides reports and data on students, schools, districts, teachers, and education-related organizations.

Sponsored by: MN Department of Education

Geographic Level: School district, County, State, Region

Frequency: Data collected and reported annually

Characteristics:  Each year districts report all disciplinary incidents that result in an out-of-school suspension/removal of one day or longer and expulsions/exclusions.