Dupage Policy Journal

Westmont Community Unit School District 201 reported 101 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 101 students during the year. This equates to eight percent of the 1,306 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 23 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 49. There were six incidents of violence without injury. For 33 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 83 suspensions, while 18 girls were suspended.

There were 78 elementary or middle school students, and 23 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 25. There were 17 incidents of violence without injury. For 21 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	0	0
Violence without injury	6	17
Drug offenses	0	3
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	49	25
Total	55	46

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	16	0
1-2 days	33	21
2-3 days	6	13
3-4 days	0	4
4-10 days	0	8
More than 10 days	0	0