Illinois — school discipline

Governing authority stated in the sources

The School Code, 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6 (suspension or expulsion of students; school searches), 105 ILCS 5/10-20.14 (student discipline policies; parent-teacher advisory committee), and 105 ILCS 5/26-12 (limits on punitive action for truancy). The anchor section states its own currency in a source note: "(Source: P.A. 103-594, eff. 6-25-24; 103-896, eff. 8-9-24; 104-417, eff. 8-15-25; 104-430, eff. 8-20-25.)" — 105 ILCS 5/10-22.6, retrieved Aug 29, 2026

The lines the state draws

On suspension: "The board may by policy authorize the superintendent of the district or the principal, assistant principal, or dean of students of any school to suspend students guilty of such acts for a period not to exceed 10 school days." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(b)) On the shorter removals: "Out-of-school suspensions of 3 days or less may be used only if the student's continuing presence in school would pose a threat to school safety or a disruption to other students' learning opportunities." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(b-15)) On the longer ones: "Unless otherwise required by this Code, out-of-school suspensions of longer than 3 days, expulsions, and disciplinary removals to alternative schools may be used only if other appropriate and available behavioral and disciplinary interventions have been exhausted and the student's continuing presence in school would either (i) pose a threat to the safety of other students, staff, or members of the school community or (ii) substantially disrupt, impede, or interfere with the operation of the school." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(b-20)) On expulsion length: "The board may expel a student for a definite period of time not to exceed 2 calendar years, as determined on a case-by-case basis." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(d))

Offices and appeal bodies in these sources

The decision-makers named are district officers and the school board. On expulsion: "Expulsion shall take place only after the parents or guardians have been requested to appear at a meeting of the board, or with a hearing officer appointed by it, to discuss their child's behavior. Such request shall be made by registered or certified mail and shall state the time, place and purpose of the meeting." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(a)) On suspension: "Any suspension shall be reported immediately to the parents or guardians of a student along with a full statement of the reasons for such suspension and a notice of their right to a review", and "Upon request of the parents or guardians, the school board or a hearing officer appointed by it shall review such action of the superintendent or principal, assistant principal, or dean of students." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(b)) On representation: "A representative of the parent's or guardian's choice, or of the student's choice if emancipated, must be permitted to represent the student throughout the proceedings and to address the school board or its appointed hearing officer." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(b-35))
No state office, phone number, or email for parents appears in the sources reviewed, and the State Board's own discipline page names none; that absence is the finding.

Sources last checked

Aug 29, 2026

Reproduced from the state's own statutes quoted below: potentially relevant official sources, not a determination of which one governs any situation.

This page assembles what Illinois publishes in statute about K-12 school discipline. This is a baseline docket page: the governing sections, the lines the state draws, and the decision-makers and appeal route, quoted with dates. The full sections (the framework route by route, the four hoisted process rows, every stated timeline, the district delegation map, and records access) follow as the discipline layer deepens behind its breadth sprint; the change log states exactly what is not yet captured. On services during a removal, the statute states: "Students who are suspended out-of-school for longer than 3 school days shall be provided appropriate and available support services during the period of their suspension." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(b-25)) On fines and tickets, it states: "A student must not be issued a monetary fine, fee, ticket, or citation as a school-based disciplinary consequence or for a municipal code violation on school grounds during school hours or while taking school transportation by any person, though this shall not preclude requiring a student to provide restitution for lost, stolen, or damaged property." (105 ILCS 5/10-22.6(i)) The conduct rules themselves are the district's to adopt, through a committee the statute names: the board is "To establish and maintain a parent-teacher advisory committee to develop with the school board or governing body of a charter school policy guidelines on student discipline," and "School authorities shall furnish a copy of the policy to the parents or guardian of each student within 15 days after the beginning of the school year, or within 15 days after starting classes for a student who transfers into the district during the school year, and the school board or governing body of a charter school shall require that a school inform its students of the contents of the policy." (105 ILCS 5/10-20.14(a)) That delegation will anchor the full page's delegation map; district codes of conduct carry procedural detail this page does not. For a student with an IEP or Section 504 plan, the disability layer lives on this site's Illinois special education page. Confirm applicability with the district and the agencies. All dates on this page are quoted from the sources, not a deadline calculation performed for you.