According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 66 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 338,956 students enrolled.
Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 22 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.
The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 14. There was one incident of violence without injury. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
Boy students received 36 suspensions, while 26 girls were suspended.
There were 44 elementary or middle school students, and 22 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.
The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 21. There were 20 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 28 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.
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 | 4 |
| Violence with injury | 0 | 2 |
| Violence without injury | 1 | 21 |
| Drug offenses | 0 | 0 |
| Firearm | 0 | 0 |
| Other dangerous weapons | 0 | 4 |
| Tobacco | 0 | 0 |
| Other reason | 14 | 20 |
| Total | 15 | 51 |
| In-school Suspension | Out-of-school Suspension | |
|---|---|---|
| One day or less | 0 | 0 |
| 1-2 days | 12 | 28 |
| 2-3 days | 3 | 19 |
| 3-4 days | 0 | 3 |
| 4-10 days | 0 | 1 |
| More than 10 days | 0 | 0 |
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