Dupage Policy Journal

Keeneyville School District 20 reported 171 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 171 students during the year. This equates to 13 percent of the 1,325 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 112. There was one incident of violence with injury. For 61 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 114 suspensions, while 26 girls were suspended.

There were 171 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 55. There was one incident of alcohol. For 32 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	0	1
Violence with injury	1	1
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	112	55
Total	113	58

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	50	3
1-2 days	61	32
2-3 days	2	17
3-4 days	0	3
4-10 days	0	3
More than 10 days	0	0