East Central Reporter

Cumberland Community Unit School District 77 reported 54 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 54 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 988 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 14 incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 22. There were nine incidents of violence without injury. For 24 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 45 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.

There were 54 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 16. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For 11 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	0
Violence without injury	9	5
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	1	1
Other reason	22	16
Total	32	22

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	24	10
2-3 days	7	11
3-4 days	1	1
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0