Quincy Reporter

Camp Point Community Unit School District 3 reported 131 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 one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 798 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for nine incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 24 incidents with violence without physical injury, 18 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 56. There were 15 incidents of violence without injury. For 48 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 91 suspensions, while 40 girls were suspended.

There were 105 elementary or middle school students, and 26 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 21. There were 18 incidents of tobacco. For 19 incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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	5	4
Violence without injury	15	9
Drug offenses	1	2
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	18
Other reason	56	21
Total	77	54

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	16	0
1-2 days	48	15
2-3 days	5	3
3-4 days	7	19
4-10 days	1	17
More than 10 days	0	0