Lake County Gazette

Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103 reported 37 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 37 students during the year. This equates to two percent of the 1,851 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for eight incidents with violence that caused physical injury, 13 incidents with violence without physical injury.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 13. There were 10 incidents of violence without injury. For 18 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 37 suspensions.

There were 37 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for violence with injury, of which there were four. There were three incidents of violence without injury. For five 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	4	4
Violence without injury	10	3
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	13	3
Total	27	10

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	18	1
1-2 days	7	5
2-3 days	0	4
3-4 days	0	0
4-10 days	1	0
More than 10 days	1	0