Galesburg Reporter

Monmouth-Roseville Community Unit School District 238 reported 106 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 106 students during the year. This equates to seven percent of the 1,579 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 94 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, one incident witha dangerous weapon firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 19. There were four incidents of tobacco. For 21 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 66 suspensions, while 40 girls were suspended.

There were 66 elementary or middle school students, and 40 high school students 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 75. There were three incidents of violence with injury. For 38 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	3
Violence without injury	19	75
Drug offenses	0	3
Firearm	0	1
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	4	0
Other reason	0	0
Total	24	82

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	5
1-2 days	21	38
2-3 days	2	10
3-4 days	1	11
4-10 days	0	18
More than 10 days	0	0