White students, constituting 94.4% or 220 of Seymour High School's total student population of 233, accounted for 60 out of the 63 total suspensions (95.2%) in the 2021-22 school year, averaging roughly one suspension per four students, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
Black students, constituting 6.9% or 131 of Quincy Senior High School's total student population of 1,900, accounted for 96 out of the 732 total suspensions (13.1%) in the 2021-22 school year, averaging roughly one suspension per student, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.
A legislative panel in Illinois recently heard testimony from the Illinois State Police regarding proposed rules for the enforcement of the state's "assault weapon" ban. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) met on December 12th to discuss the proposed permanent rules. While the State Police's temporary emergency rules are currently in effect, action on the proposed permanent rules will be taken at the January meeting of JCAR.The emergency rules include requirements for registering existing weapons that are included in the assault weapon ban. Owners of banned...