Illinois Valley Times

Marseilles Elementary School District 150 reported 59 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 59 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 517 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 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 38. There were two incidents of tobacco. For 27 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 47 suspensions, while 12 girls were suspended.

There were 59 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 14. There were five incidents of dangerous weapon. For nine 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	5
Tobacco	2	0
Other reason	38	14
Total	40	19

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	5	1
1-2 days	27	9
2-3 days	2	3
3-4 days	6	4
4-10 days	0	2
More than 10 days	0	0