Peoria Standard

Eureka Community Unit School District 140 reported 83 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 83 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 1,502 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 19 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, five 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 40. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 36 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 73 suspensions, while 10 girls were suspended.

There were 33 elementary or middle school students, and 50 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 17. There were 11 incidents of violence without injury. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two 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	8	11
Drug offenses	0	5
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	1	0
Tobacco	1	0
Other reason	40	17
Total	50	33

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	10	3
1-2 days	36	14
2-3 days	4	10
3-4 days	0	0
4-10 days	0	6
More than 10 days	0	0