South Central Reporter

Nokomis Community Unit School District 22 reported 29 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 593 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, nine incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 13. There were seven incidents of violence without injury. For 19 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 25 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were 11 elementary or middle school students, and 18 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 three. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For four 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	1
Violence without injury	7	2
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	3	0
Other reason	13	3
Total	23	6

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	1
1-2 days	19	4
2-3 days	3	1
3-4 days	0	0
4-10 days	1	0
More than 10 days	0	0