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Galatia Community Unit School District 1 reported 25 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 one student to alternative settings instead of suspending or expelling them. This equates to less than one percent of the 415 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence that caused physical injury, five incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 15. For 14 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 16 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.

There were 16 elementary or middle school students, and nine 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 five. There were three incidents of unspecified reasons. 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	0
Violence with injury	0	2
Violence without injury	0	5
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	15	3
Total	15	10

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	14	7
2-3 days	0	2
3-4 days	1	1
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0