Peoria Standard

Dunlap Community Unit School District 323 reported 310 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 310 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 4,614 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 68 incidents with violence without physical injury, six incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 14 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 133. There were 26 incidents of violence without injury. For 71 incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.

Boy students received 242 suspensions, while 68 girls were suspended.

There were 207 elementary or middle school students, and 103 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 83. There were 42 incidents of violence without injury. For 86 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	1
Violence with injury	0	5
Violence without injury	26	42
Drug offenses	3	11
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	1
Tobacco	4	1
Other reason	133	83
Total	166	144

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	21	0
1-2 days	35	15
2-3 days	39	25
3-4 days	71	86
4-10 days	0	18
More than 10 days	0	0