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Benton Consolidated High School District 103 reported 33 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 33 students during the year. This equates to six percent of the 571 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 10 incidents with violence without physical injury, five incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

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

Boy students received 32 suspensions, while one girl was suspended.

There were 33 high school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence without injury, of which there were 10. There were 10 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 11 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	0	0
Violence without injury	0	10
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	1	3
Other reason	8	10
Total	9	24

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	8	4
2-3 days	0	11
3-4 days	1	6
4-10 days	0	3
More than 10 days	0	0