Peoria Standard

District 50 Schools reported 54 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 54 students during the year. This equates to nine percent of the 593 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 14 incidents with violence without physical injury, 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 31. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 17 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 50 suspensions, while four girls were suspended.

There were 54 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were six. There were six incidents of unspecified reasons. For five 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	2
Violence without injury	8	6
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	1
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	31	6
Total	39	15

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	17	2
1-2 days	16	4
2-3 days	3	5
3-4 days	3	4
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0