South Central Reporter

Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 reported 359 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 two students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,563 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 10 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 38 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident 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 268. There were 28 incidents of violence without injury. For 174 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 270 suspensions, while 89 girls were suspended.

There were 120 elementary or middle school students, and 239 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 42. There were 10 incidents of violence without injury. For 17 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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	1	9
Violence without injury	28	10
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	1
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	268	42
Total	297	62

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	15	8
1-2 days	174	12
2-3 days	64	13
3-4 days	39	17
4-10 days	5	12
More than 10 days	0	0