South Central Reporter

Bond County Community Unit School District 2 reported 181 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 181 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 1,616 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with drugs, five incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 109. There were four incidents of dangerous weapon. For 99 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 142 suspensions, while 39 girls were suspended.

There were 66 elementary or middle school students, and 115 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 66. There was one incident of drug offense. For 25 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	0
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	4	1
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	109	66
Total	113	68

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	2	3
1-2 days	99	25
2-3 days	10	17
3-4 days	1	15
4-10 days	0	8
More than 10 days	1	0