Metro East Sun

Central School District 104 reported 63 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 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 63 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 552 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 23 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 15. There were six incidents of violence with injury. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 39 suspensions, while 24 girls were suspended.

There were 63 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 24. There were 17 incidents of violence with injury. For 20 incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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.

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
Alcohol	0	0
Violence with injury	6	17
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	1
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	15	24
Total	21	42

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	4	0
1-2 days	14	6
2-3 days	3	20
3-4 days	0	9
4-10 days	0	7
More than 10 days	0	0