Illinois Valley Times

Princeton Elementary School District 115 reported 111 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 111 students during the year. This equates to 10 percent of the 1,083 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 32 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs, five 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 47. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For 46 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 59 suspensions, while 46 girls were suspended.

There were 111 elementary or middle 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 27. There were 23 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 26 incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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	3
Violence without injury	5	27
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	5
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	47	23
Total	52	59

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	3	0
1-2 days	46	24
2-3 days	3	26
3-4 days	0	5
4-10 days	0	4
More than 10 days	0	0