East Peoria School District 86 Disciplinary Actions Reach 264 in 2023-24 Academic Year

East Peoria School District 86 recorded a total of 264 disciplinary actions during the 2023-24 academic year, translating to approximately 18.8 incidents per 100 students. The majority of expulsions involved incidents of violence resulting in physical injury. In-school suspensions with specified reasons were primarily due to tobacco use, with three cases, and also included three incidents involving dangerous weapons other than firearms, drug offenses, and violence causing injury. A significant number of cases—102—were categorized as "other reasons" or remained unspecified. Disciplinary incidents involved a nearly equal number of male (138) and female (126) students, with all suspensions occurring among elementary and middle school students. Out-of-school suspensions were most often due to violence resulting in injury, accounting for 13 cases, along with 119 cases under unspecified reasons. Ethnic breakdown shows white students, comprising 82.4% of the district's population, accounted for the highest suspension and expulsion numbers, with 199 suspensions and two expulsions. Black students, representing 4.3% of students, received 29 suspensions. Illinois's 2025 education budget was a...