Kane County Reporter

St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 reported 208 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 208 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 11,782 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 49 incidents with violence without physical injury, 11 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 46 incidents with drugs, three 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 eight. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For seven incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 150 suspensions, while 58 girls were suspended.

There were 76 elementary or middle school students, and 132 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 86. There were 46 incidents of drug offense. For 92 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	7
Violence with injury	1	4
Violence without injury	5	44
Drug offenses	0	46
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	3
Tobacco	0	4
Other reason	8	86
Total	14	194

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	5	14
1-2 days	7	92
2-3 days	2	58
3-4 days	0	16
4-10 days	0	14
More than 10 days	0	0