Southern Illinois News

County of Union School District 43 reported 10 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 10 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 345 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury.

Boy students received eight suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were 10 elementary or middle 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 eight. There were two incidents of violence with injury. For seven incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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
Violence with injury		2
Violence without injury		0
Drug offenses		0
Firearm		0
Other dangerous weapons		0
Tobacco		0
Other reason		8
Total		10

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less		0
1-2 days		3
2-3 days		7
3-4 days		0
4-10 days		0
More than 10 days		0