South Central Reporter

Staunton Community Unit School District 6 reported 66 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 66 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 1,213 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 23 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, two incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 13. There were four incidents of violence without injury. For 17 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 42 suspensions, while 24 girls were suspended.

There were 57 elementary or middle school students, and nine 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 24. There were 19 incidents of violence without injury. For 23 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	4	19
Drug offenses	0	2
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	1	3
Other reason	13	24
Total	18	48

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	1
1-2 days	17	23
2-3 days	1	13
3-4 days	0	6
4-10 days	0	5
More than 10 days	0	0