Lake County Gazette

Gurnee School District 56 reported 331 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 331 students during the year. This equates to 18 percent of the 1,865 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for 145 incidents with violence without physical injury, one incident with alcohol and tobacco, 11 incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for unspecified reasons, of which there were 155. There were 88 incidents of violence without injury. For 145 incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 217 suspensions, while 114 girls were suspended.

There were 331 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 57. There were 19 incidents of unspecified reasons. For 28 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	88	57
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	0	11
Tobacco	0	1
Other reason	155	19
Total	243	88

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	26	1
1-2 days	145	23
2-3 days	45	28
3-4 days	25	26
4-10 days	2	10
More than 10 days	0	0