Dupage Policy Journal

Cass School District 63 reported 18 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 18 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 791 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, nine incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.

Boy students received 14 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were 18 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were nine. There were seven incidents of unspecified reasons. For six 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		0
Violence with injury		1
Violence without injury		9
Drug offenses		1
Firearm		0
Other dangerous weapons		0
Tobacco		0
Other reason		7
Total		18

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less		3
1-2 days		5
2-3 days		0
3-4 days		6
4-10 days		4
More than 10 days		0