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Carrier Mills Stonefort Community Unit School District 2 reported 66 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 448 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for two incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 53. There was one incident of violence without injury. For 54 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 54 suspensions, while 12 girls were suspended.

There were 66 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 11. There was one incident of violence without injury. 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	0
Violence without injury	1	1
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	53	11
Total	54	12

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	54	7
2-3 days	0	3
3-4 days	0	2
4-10 days	0	0
More than 10 days	0	0