Sangamon Sun

El Paso-Gridley Community Unit School District 11 reported 16 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 16 students during the year. This equates to one percent of the 1,204 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

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

Boy students received 12 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were 12 elementary or middle school students, and four 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 10. There were four incidents of tobacco. For 10 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	0	0
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	4
Other reason	2	10
Total	2	14

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