Grundy Reporter

Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 reported 71 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 71 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 4,462 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, eight incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 54. There were five incidents of violence without injury. For 41 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 54 suspensions, while 17 girls were suspended.

There were 71 elementary or middle 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 six. There were three incidents of violence without injury. 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	1	1
Violence without injury	5	3
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	54	6
Total	60	11

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	12	2
1-2 days	41	4
2-3 days	6	2
3-4 days	1	1
4-10 days	0	2
More than 10 days	0	0