Illinois Valley Times

La Moille Community Unit School District 303 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 11 percent of the 173 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were nine. There was one incident of tobacco. For 10 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 18 suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

There were 14 elementary or middle school students, and five high 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 seven. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For three 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	2
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	1	0
Other reason	9	7
Total	10	9

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