Chambana Sun

Monticello Community Unit School District 25 reported 72 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 72 students during the year. This equates to five percent of the 1,597 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five 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 33. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 28 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 52 suspensions, while 20 girls were suspended.

There were 65 elementary or middle school students, and seven 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 33. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For 16 incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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	2	3
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	33	33
Total	35	37

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	3	1
1-2 days	28	10
2-3 days	3	16
3-4 days	1	9
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0