South Central Reporter

Centralia High School District 200 reported 91 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 91 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 849 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with drugs.

Boy students received 49 suspensions, while 42 girls were suspended.

There were 91 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 86. There were three incidents of drug offense. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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
Violence with injury		2
Violence without injury		0
Drug offenses		3
Firearm		0
Other dangerous weapons		0
Tobacco		0
Other reason		86
Total		91

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less		0
1-2 days		7
2-3 days		21
3-4 days		31
4-10 days		32
More than 10 days		0