Chambana Sun

Tri-Point Community Unit School District 6-J reported 14 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 14 students during the year. This equates to four percent of the 363 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for five incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were four. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. For five incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 13 suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

There were 13 elementary or middle school students, and one high school student 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 four. There was one incident of drug offense. For two 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	1	4
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	4	1
Other reason	3	0
Total	8	6

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