Dupage Policy Journal

Community Unit School District 200 reported 1,277 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 two students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 11,550 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 314 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 44 incidents with violence without physical injury, 61 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 71 incidents with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm,12 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 674. There were 221 incidents of violence with injury. For 757 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 936 suspensions, while 341 girls were suspended.

There were 557 elementary or middle school students, and 720 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 100. There were 93 incidents of violence with injury. For 90 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	3
Violence with injury	221	93
Violence without injury	32	12
Drug offenses	35	36
Firearm	1	0
Other dangerous weapons	6	6
Tobacco	38	20
Other reason	674	100
Total	1007	270

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	39	5
1-2 days	757	90
2-3 days	137	86
3-4 days	44	46
4-10 days	30	42
More than 10 days	0	1