Illinois Valley Times

Ottawa Elementary School District 141 reported 30 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 30 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 1,759 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 20. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 24 suspensions, while six girls were suspended.

There were 30 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 10. For seven 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	0	0
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	20	10
Total	20	10

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	14	7
2-3 days	2	3
3-4 days	4	0
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0