Southern Illinois News

Joppa-Maple Grove Community Unit School District 38 reported 23 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 23 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 216 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 15. There was one incident of tobacco. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 13 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.

There were five 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 four. There were two incidents of tobacco. For two 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	0	0
Tobacco	1	2
Other reason	15	4
Total	16	7

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	1	0
1-2 days	12	2
2-3 days	0	2
3-4 days	3	2
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0