Illinois students face costly tickets at school from police for misbehavior

Tickets can be in the hundreds of dollars, becoming an incredible burden for some families.

By Brenda Ruiz
WBEZ
Students in Angela Caravetta's second grade homeroom practice measuring objects during a math lesson at Burnham Elementary in Cicero. The school district regularly makes difficult choices on where to spend its scarce dollars. Marc Monaghan / WBEZ
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Students in Angela Caravetta's second grade homeroom practice measuring objects during a math lesson at Burnham Elementary in Cicero. The school district regularly makes difficult choices on where to spend its scarce dollars. Marc Monaghan / WBEZ

Illinois students face costly tickets at school from police for misbehavior

Tickets can be in the hundreds of dollars, becoming an incredible burden for some families.

By Brenda Ruiz
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Illinois schools aren’t allowed to fine students as a form of discipline, but police on campus have no such restrictions.

Reset talks to two reporters about their new investigation into how schools and officers punish students for minor misbehavior.

GUESTS: Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune reporter

Jodi Cohen, ProPublica Illinois reporter