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Bluford Unit School District 318 reported 44 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 44 students during the year. This equates to 12 percent of the 374 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 17 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 14. There were eight incidents of violence without injury. For 22 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 35 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.

There were 23 elementary or middle school students, and 21 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 nine. There were nine incidents of unspecified reasons. For 12 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	8	9
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	2	2
Other reason	14	9
Total	24	20

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	1	4
1-2 days	22	12
2-3 days	1	1
3-4 days	0	1
4-10 days	0	2
More than 10 days	0	0