South Cook News

Cook County School District 130 reported 238 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 two students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 3,023 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 29 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 57 incidents with violence without physical injury, nine incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 14 incidents with drugs, two incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm,three 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 40. There were 20 incidents of violence without injury. For 54 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 174 suspensions, while 64 girls were suspended.

There were 238 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 84. There were 37 incidents of violence without injury. For 73 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	10	19
Violence without injury	20	37
Drug offenses	1	13
Firearm	0	2
Other dangerous weapons	0	3
Tobacco	1	5
Other reason	40	84
Total	72	166

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	6	4
1-2 days	54	73
2-3 days	10	45
3-4 days	0	20
4-10 days	2	24
More than 10 days	0	0