Rock Island Today

Colona School District 190 reported 95 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 95 students during the year. This equates to 25 percent of the 381 students enrolled.

Students were expelled for one incident 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 67. There was one incident of dangerous weapon. For 37 incidents, students were suspended for a day or less.

Boy students received 74 suspensions, while 21 girls were suspended.

There were 95 elementary or middle 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 27. For 12 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	0	0
Drug offenses	0	0
Firearm	0	0
Other dangerous weapons	1	0
Tobacco	0	0
Other reason	67	27
Total	68	27

	In-school Suspension	Out-of-school Suspension
One day or less	37	10
1-2 days	30	12
2-3 days	1	4
3-4 days	0	0
4-10 days	0	1
More than 10 days	0	0