Macon Reporter

Mount Zion Community Unit School District 3 reported 11 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 11 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,375 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 11 incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 11. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

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

There were one elementary or middle school student, and 10 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

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	0
Violence without injury	0
Drug offenses	0
Firearm	0
Other dangerous weapons	0
Tobacco	11
Other reason	0
Total	11

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