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Oregon Community Unit School District 220 reported 341 suspensions or expulsions for the 2021-22 school year, according to the latest student discipline report by the Illinois State Board of Education.

The district removed three students to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 1,467 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 21 incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 56 incidents with violence without physical injury, 42 incidents with alcohol and tobacco, three incidents with drugs, three incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 121. There were 18 incidents of violence without injury. For 132 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 285 suspensions, while 56 girls were suspended.

There were 150 elementary or middle school students, and 191 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 95. There were 40 incidents of tobacco. For 110 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	2	19
Violence without injury	18	38
Drug offenses	0	3
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	3
Tobacco	2	40
Other reason	121	95
Total	143	198

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	8	7
1-2 days	132	110
2-3 days	3	38
3-4 days	0	22
4-10 days	0	21
More than 10 days	0	0