West Central Reporter

Bushnell Prairie City Community Unit School District 170 reported 141 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 141 students during the year. This equates to 23 percent of the 620 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 38 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 20 incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 27. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For 22 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 110 suspensions, while 31 girls were suspended.

There were 95 elementary or middle school students, and 46 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 51. There were 35 incidents of violence with injury. For 40 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	3	35
Violence without injury	4	16
Drug offenses	4	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	27	51
Total	38	103

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	8	21
1-2 days	22	40
2-3 days	4	23
3-4 days	3	11
4-10 days	1	8
More than 10 days	0	0