Grundy Reporter

Morris School District 54 reported 55 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 55 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 1,076 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for three incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 30 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

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

Boy students received 37 suspensions, while 18 girls were suspended.

There were 55 elementary or middle 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 24. There were 12 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 21 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	3
Violence without injury	6	24
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	4
Other reason	6	12
Total	12	43

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	2	3
1-2 days	8	21
2-3 days	2	14
3-4 days	0	4
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0