South Central Reporter

Ashley Community Consolidated School District 15 reported 18 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 18 students during the year. This equates to 14 percent of the 127 students enrolled.

Boy students received 18 suspensions.

There were 18 elementary or middle 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 18. For 13 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
Violence with injury		0
Violence without injury		0
Drug offenses		0
Firearm		0
Other dangerous weapons		0
Tobacco		0
Other reason		18
Total		18

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less		0
1-2 days		13
2-3 days		4
3-4 days		1
4-10 days		0
More than 10 days		0