Dupage Policy Journal

Keeneyville School District 20 reported 26 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 26 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 1,371 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 14. There were two incidents of tobacco. For eight incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 16 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.

There were 26 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. For four 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	2	0
Other reason	14	10
Total	16	10

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	3	0
1-2 days	8	2
2-3 days	3	4
3-4 days	2	0
4-10 days	0	4
More than 10 days	0	0