Dupage Policy Journal

Bensenville School District 2 reported 141 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 1,976 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 73 incidents with violence without physical injury, seven incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs, two incidents 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 70. There were 50 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 86 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 98 suspensions, while 43 girls were suspended.

There were 141 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 four. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For two 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	0
Violence with injury	0	0
Violence without injury	70	3
Drug offenses	5	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	2	0
Tobacco	7	0
Other reason	50	4
Total	134	7

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	14	0
1-2 days	86	2
2-3 days	14	2
3-4 days	11	1
4-10 days	9	2
More than 10 days	0	0