North Cook News

Des Plaines Community Consolidated School District 62 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.

According to the report, the district expelled or suspended 25 students during the year. This equates to less than one percent of the 4,213 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for four incidents with violence that caused physical injury, three incidents with alcohol and tobacco, five incidents with drugs, seven incidents with a dangerous weapon, other than a firearm.

The district reported that most in-school suspensions were given for tobacco, of which there were three. There was one incident of dangerous weapon. For three incidents, students were suspended for one to two days.

Boy students received 18 suspensions, while seven girls were suspended.

There were 25 elementary or middle school students suspended in 2021-22 school year.

The district reported that most out-of-school suspensions were given for dangerous weapon, of which there were six. There were six incidents of unspecified reasons. For 10 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	4
Violence without injury	0	0
Drug offenses	0	5
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	1	6
Tobacco	3	0
Other reason	0	6
Total	4	21

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	0	0
1-2 days	3	10
2-3 days	0	8
3-4 days	1	2
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0