Illinois Valley Times

Streator Elementary School District 44 reported 145 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 145 students during the year. This equates to 10 percent of the 1,477 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 26 incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco, six incidents with drugs, two incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm,six incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspension was given for unspecified reasons, of which there was one. For one incident, student was suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 118 suspensions, while 27 girls were suspended.

There were 145 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 102. There were 26 incidents of violence without injury. For 55 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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	1
Violence with injury	0	0
Violence without injury	0	26
Drug offenses	0	6
Firearm	0	2
Other dangerous weapons	0	6
Tobacco	0	1
Other reason	1	102
Total	1	144

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	1
1-2 days	1	25
2-3 days	0	15
3-4 days	0	55
4-10 days	0	48
More than 10 days	0	0