West Central Reporter

Brown County Community Unit School District 1 reported 57 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 57 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 674 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 50. For 44 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 43 suspensions, while 14 girls were suspended.

There were 10 elementary or middle school students, and 47 high 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 seven. For two incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	50	7
Total	50	7

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	3	1
1-2 days	44	2
2-3 days	3	2
3-4 days	0	0
4-10 days	0	2
More than 10 days	0	0