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Polo Community Unit School District 222 reported 59 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 59 students during the year. This equates to 11 percent of the 517 students enrolled.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 37. For 34 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 44 suspensions, while 15 girls were suspended.

There were 39 elementary or middle school students, and 20 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 22. For eight incidents, students were suspended for three to four 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	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	37	22
Total	37	22

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	2	2
1-2 days	34	5
2-3 days	0	4
3-4 days	1	8
4-10 days	0	3
More than 10 days	0	0