Dupage Policy Journal

Community High School District 94 reported 648 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 648 students during the year. This equates to 33 percent of the 1,982 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with alcohol and tobacco, 13 incidents with drugs, two incidents 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 625. There were 13 incidents of drug offense. For 372 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 462 suspensions, while 186 girls were suspended.

There were 648 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 seven. There were two incidents of dangerous weapon. For five incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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	1	0
Violence with injury	0	0
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	13	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	2
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	625	7
Total	639	9

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	372	0
2-3 days	214	0
3-4 days	32	5
4-10 days	21	4
More than 10 days	0	0