Carbondale Reporter

Elverado Community Unit School District 196 reported 26 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 382 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 12 incidents with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were eight. There were eight incidents of unspecified reasons. For 13 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 24 suspensions, while two girls were suspended.

There were 15 elementary or middle school students, and 11 high 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 four. There were four incidents of unspecified reasons. For four 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	8	4
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	2	0
Other reason	8	4
Total	18	8

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	1
1-2 days	13	4
2-3 days	4	1
3-4 days	1	1
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0