East Central Reporter

Casey Westfield Community Unit School District 4C reported 33 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 33 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 840 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, two incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, one incident 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 18. There were three incidents of tobacco. For 17 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 28 suspensions, while five girls were suspended.

There were 17 elementary or middle school students, and 16 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 four. There were three incidents of drug offense. For four 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	0
Violence with injury	0	2
Violence without injury	2	0
Drug offenses	0	3
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	1	0
Tobacco	3	0
Other reason	18	4
Total	24	9

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	5	0
1-2 days	17	0
2-3 days	2	1
3-4 days	0	4
4-10 days	0	4
More than 10 days	0	0