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Sesser-Valier Community Unit School District 196 reported 14 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 14 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 596 students enrolled.

Boy students received 11 suspensions, while three girls were suspended.

There were eight elementary or middle school students, and six 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 14. For seven 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
Violence with injury		0
Violence without injury		0
Drug offenses		0
Firearm		0
Other dangerous weapons		0
Tobacco		0
Other reason		14
Total		14

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less		0
1-2 days		7
2-3 days		3
3-4 days		3
4-10 days		1
More than 10 days		0