Kankakee Times

Momence Community Unit School District 1 reported 89 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 936 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 14 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 25 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 32. There were 13 incidents of violence without injury. For 39 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 75 suspensions, while 14 girls were suspended.

There were 43 elementary or middle school students, and 46 high 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 12. There were 11 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 20 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	7	7
Violence without injury	13	12
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	1	2
Tobacco	2	2
Other reason	32	11
Total	55	34

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	39	20
2-3 days	15	8
3-4 days	1	4
4-10 days	0	2
More than 10 days	0	0