West Central Reporter

North Greene Unit School District 3 reported 100 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 100 students during the year. This equates to 12 percent of the 820 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 53 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 41. There were 27 incidents of violence without injury. For 30 incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.

Boy students received 57 suspensions, while 43 girls were suspended.

There were 58 elementary or middle school students, and 42 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 26. There were five incidents of unspecified reasons. 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	0	0
Violence without injury	27	26
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	1	0
Other reason	41	5
Total	69	31

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	1
1-2 days	9	5
2-3 days	19	20
3-4 days	30	1
4-10 days	11	4
More than 10 days	0	0