Peoria Standard

Roanoke-Benson Community Unit School District 60 reported 25 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 25 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 437 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 14. For nine incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 24 suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

There were 11 elementary or middle school students, and 14 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 11. For eight 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	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	14	11
Total	14	11

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	1	0
1-2 days	9	3
2-3 days	4	8
3-4 days	0	0
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0