Dupage Policy Journal

Fenton Community High School District 100 reported 220 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 five students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,397 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 38 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 43 incidents with drugs, one incident 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 97. There were 14 incidents of drug offense. For 108 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 167 suspensions, while 53 girls were suspended.

There were 220 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 34. There were 29 incidents of drug offense. For 54 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	2
Violence with injury	0	3
Violence without injury	10	28
Drug offenses	14	29
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	1
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	97	34
Total	123	97

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	15	13
1-2 days	108	54
2-3 days	0	17
3-4 days	0	9
4-10 days	0	4
More than 10 days	0	0