Peoria Standard

Midland Community Unit School District 7 reported 117 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 117 students during the year. This equates to 17 percent of the 673 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident 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 48. For 34 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 92 suspensions, while 25 girls were suspended.

There were 71 elementary or middle school students, and 46 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 66. There were two incidents of dangerous weapon. For 22 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	0	0
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	2
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	48	66
Total	48	69

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	7	2
1-2 days	34	22
2-3 days	7	20
3-4 days	0	14
4-10 days	0	11
More than 10 days	0	0