Kankakee Times

St. George Community Consolidated School District 258 reported 19 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 19 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 393 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 14. There was one incident of violence with injury. For four incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 12 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.

There were 19 elementary or middle 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 four. For one incident, student was 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	1	0
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	14	4
Total	15	4

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