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Waltonville Community Unit School District 1 reported 34 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 34 students during the year. This equates to 12 percent of the 292 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident with violence that caused physical injury, one incident with violence without physical injury, two incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 22. There was one incident of violence with injury. For 18 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 27 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.

There were 22 elementary or middle school students, and 12 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 eight. There was one incident of alcohol. For six incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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	1
Violence with injury	1	0
Violence without injury	1	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	1	0
Other reason	22	8
Total	25	9

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	1
1-2 days	18	2
2-3 days	6	6
3-4 days	1	0
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0