West Central Reporter

Triopia Community Unit School District 27 reported nine 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 9 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 377 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for violence with injury, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for two to three days.

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

There were six elementary or middle school students, and three high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were three. There were three incidents of tobacco. For six 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	1
Violence with injury	1	3
Violence without injury	0	1
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	3
Other reason	0	0
Total	1	8

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