Kankakee Times

Donovan Community Unit School District 3 reported 13 suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 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 13 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 236 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 13. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

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

There were nine elementary or middle school students, and four high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

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	0
Violence without injury	0
Drug offenses	0
Firearm	0
Other dangerous weapons	0
Tobacco	0
Other reason	13
Total	13

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0
1-2 days	12
2-3 days	1
3-4 days	0
4-10 days	0
More than 10 days	0