Dupage Policy Journal

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 reported 29 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 three students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,898 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for six incidents with violence that caused physical injury, two incidents with drugs, one incident with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

Boy students received 19 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.

There were 29 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 20. There were six incidents of violence with injury. For 14 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
Violence with injury		6
Violence without injury		0
Drug offenses		2
Firearm		0
Other dangerous weapons		1
Tobacco		0
Other reason		20
Total		29

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less		0
1-2 days		14
2-3 days		5
3-4 days		3
4-10 days		7
More than 10 days		0