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Norris City-Omaha-Enfield Community Unit School District 3 reported 79 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 79 students during the year. This equates to 12 percent of the 684 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 38 incidents with violence without physical injury, four incidents with alcohol and tobacco, one incident with drugs.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 29. There were 28 incidents of violence without injury. For 28 incidents, students were suspended for three to four days.

Boy students received 70 suspensions, while nine girls were suspended.

There were 79 elementary or middle 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 10. There were seven incidents of unspecified reasons. For six incidents, students were suspended for two to three 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	28	10
Drug offenses	0	1
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	3	1
Other reason	29	7
Total	60	19

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	1	1
1-2 days	23	5
2-3 days	7	6
3-4 days	28	3
4-10 days	1	4
More than 10 days	0	0