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Rochelle Community Consolidated School District 231 reported 51 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 51 students during the year. This equates to three percent of the 1,511 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 18 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 14. There were six incidents of violence without injury. For 12 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 38 suspensions, while 13 girls were suspended.

There were 51 elementary or middle 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 16. There were 12 incidents of violence without injury. For 11 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

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	2	0
Violence without injury	6	12
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	14	16
Total	22	29

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	5	11
1-2 days	12	5
2-3 days	5	3
3-4 days	0	10
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0