Dupage Policy Journal

Addison School District 4 reported 123 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,561 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, 44 incidents with violence without physical injury, 19 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 17 incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 27. There were 22 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 47 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 75 suspensions, while 48 girls were suspended.

There were 123 elementary or middle 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 19. There were 17 incidents of violence without injury. For 29 incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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	2	1
Violence with injury	1	0
Violence without injury	27	17
Drug offenses	6	11
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	1
Tobacco	12	4
Other reason	22	19
Total	70	53

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	9	1
1-2 days	47	29
2-3 days	5	15
3-4 days	6	6
4-10 days	3	2
More than 10 days	0	0