Will County Gazette

New Lenox School District 122 reported 111 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,994 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 15 incidents with violence without physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, nine incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 75. There were nine incidents of violence without injury. For 52 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 103 suspensions, while eight girls were suspended.

There were 111 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 nine. There were six incidents of violence without injury. For 10 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	0
Violence without injury	9	6
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	6	3
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	3
Other reason	75	9
Total	90	21

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	52	4
1-2 days	35	10
2-3 days	3	4
3-4 days	0	2
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0