Chambana Sun

Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3 reported 211 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 211 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 3,325 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 53 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 14 incidents with violence without physical injury, 28 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, nine incidents with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm,six 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 54. There were 16 incidents of tobacco. For 50 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 181 suspensions, while 30 girls were suspended.

There were 79 elementary or middle school students, and 132 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were 47. There were 46 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 53 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	3
Violence with injury	6	47
Violence without injury	7	7
Drug offenses	0	9
Firearm	0	1
Other dangerous weapons	2	4
Tobacco	16	9
Other reason	54	46
Total	85	126

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	33	12
1-2 days	50	53
2-3 days	2	19
3-4 days	0	29
4-10 days	0	13
More than 10 days	0	0