South Cook News

Lansing School District 158 reported 352 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 352 students during the year. This equates to 14 percent of the 2,541 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for six incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

Boy students received 227 suspensions, while 125 girls were suspended.

There were 352 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 346. There were six incidents of dangerous weapon. For 225 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
Violence with injury		0
Violence without injury		0
Drug offenses		0
Firearm		0
Other dangerous weapons		6
Tobacco		0
Other reason		346
Total		352

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less		0
1-2 days		225
2-3 days		49
3-4 days		53
4-10 days		15
More than 10 days		10