Sangamon Sun

Fox River Grove Consolidated School District 3 reported one suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 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 1 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 384 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy student received one suspension.

There was one elementary or middle school student suspended in 2020-2021 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	0
Other reason	1
Total	1

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