Quincy Reporter

Quincy School District 172 reported 911 suspensions or expulsions for the 2020-2021 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 911 students during the year. This equates to 14 percent of the 6,324 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 16 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 103 incidents with violence without physical injury, 21 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, 12 incidents with drugs, five incidents witha dangerous weapon firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 439. There were 36 incidents of violence without injury. For 287 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 677 suspensions, while 234 girls were suspended.

There were 756 elementary or middle school students, and 155 high school students suspended in 2020-2021 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 315. There were 67 incidents of violence without injury. For 186 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	7	9
Violence without injury	36	67
Drug offenses	5	7
Firearm	0	5
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	12	9
Other reason	439	315
Total	499	412

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	157	98
1-2 days	287	186
2-3 days	41	75
3-4 days	14	34
4-10 days	0	19
More than 10 days	0	0