Illinois Bans Police From Ticketing Students For Minor Infractions
Illinois legislators on Wednesday passed a law to explicitly prevent police from ticketing and fining students for minor misbehavior at school, ending a practice that harmed students across the state.
The new law would apply to all public schools, including charters. It will require school districts, beginning in the 2027-28 school year, to report to the state how often they involve police in student matters each year and to separate the data by race, gender and disability. The state will be required to make the data public.
The legislation comes three years after a ProPublica and Chicago Tribune investigation, “The Price Kids Pay.”