East Central Reporter

Oblong Community Unit School District 4 reported nine 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 9 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 578 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were five. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For seven incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received nine suspensions.

There were nine elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

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
Violence with injury	5
Violence without injury	3
Drug offenses	0
Firearm	0
Other dangerous weapons	0
Tobacco	0
Other reason	1
Total	9

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