Kendall County Times

Plano Community Unit School District 88 reported 259 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 eight students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 2,351 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 13 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 55 incidents with violence without physical injury, 16 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 22 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 120. There were 33 incidents of violence without injury. For 114 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 181 suspensions, while 78 girls were suspended.

There were 83 elementary or middle school students, and 176 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 31. There were 22 incidents of violence without injury. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for four to 10 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	6	7
Violence without injury	33	22
Drug offenses	4	18
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	2
Tobacco	15	1
Other reason	120	31
Total	178	81

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	18	1
1-2 days	114	17
2-3 days	28	12
3-4 days	12	19
4-10 days	6	32
More than 10 days	0	0