Quincy Reporter

Liberty Community Unit School District 2 reported 58 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 58 students during the year. This equates to nine percent of the 615 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 33. There were two incidents of violence without injury. For 32 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 45 suspensions, while 13 girls were suspended.

There were 31 elementary or middle school students, and 27 high 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 23. For 13 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	0	0
Violence without injury	2	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	33	23
Total	35	23

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	2
1-2 days	32	13
2-3 days	3	2
3-4 days	0	4
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	1