Macon Reporter

Clinton Community Unit School District 15 reported 144 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 144 students during the year. This equates to nine percent of the 1,673 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 20 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 44 incidents with violence without physical injury, 25 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs, three incidents 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 24. There were nine incidents of violence without injury. For 19 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 100 suspensions, while 44 girls were suspended.

There were 125 elementary or middle school students, and 19 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 35. There were 25 incidents of tobacco. For 43 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	0
Violence with injury	1	19
Violence without injury	9	35
Drug offenses	0	6
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	3
Tobacco	0	25
Other reason	24	22
Total	34	110

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	5	6
1-2 days	19	19
2-3 days	7	43
3-4 days	3	24
4-10 days	0	18
More than 10 days	0	0