Kankakee Times

Kankakee School District 111 reported 398 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 four students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,932 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 16 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 228 incidents with violence without physical injury, 24 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 17 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 57. There were 30 incidents of violence without injury. For 44 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 239 suspensions, while 159 girls were suspended.

There were 330 elementary or middle school students, and 68 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 198. There were 56 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 145 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	2	14
Violence without injury	30	198
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	2	15
Tobacco	1	23
Other reason	57	56
Total	92	306

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	35	2
1-2 days	44	145
2-3 days	12	89
3-4 days	1	57
4-10 days	0	13
More than 10 days	0	0