West Central Reporter

Calhoun Community Unit School District 40 reported 11 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 489 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

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

Boy students received eight suspensions, while three girls were suspended.

There were 11 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were two. There was one incident of violence with injury. For two incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

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	1
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	2
Other reason	7	1
Total	7	4

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