Peoria Standard

Canton Union School District 66 reported 392 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 392 students during the year. This equates to 18 percent of the 2,194 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 11 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 123 incidents with violence without physical injury, 27 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs, two incidents 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 90. There were 12 incidents of tobacco. For 55 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 273 suspensions, while 119 girls were suspended.

There were 196 elementary or middle school students, and 196 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 134. There were 115 incidents of violence without injury. For 96 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	2
Violence with injury	0	11
Violence without injury	8	115
Drug offenses	0	5
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	2
Tobacco	12	13
Other reason	90	134
Total	110	282

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	3	46
1-2 days	55	96
2-3 days	14	27
3-4 days	34	66
4-10 days	4	47
More than 10 days	0	0