East Central Reporter

Marshall Community Unit School District 2C reported 39 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 39 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,184 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 10 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, four incidents with drugs, two incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were 10. There were eight incidents of unspecified reasons. For 11 incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.

Boy students received 27 suspensions, while 12 girls were suspended.

There were 14 elementary or middle school students, and 25 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 10. There were five incidents of violence with injury. For six 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	5
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	4
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	1	1
Tobacco	10	0
Other reason	8	10
Total	19	20

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	6	2
2-3 days	0	6
3-4 days	11	6
4-10 days	2	6
More than 10 days	0	0