New bill would make ticketing Illinois students illegal
A $200 ticket for truancy. A $175 fine for having a vape pen. A $450 ticket for disorderly conduct. In schools across Illinois, students are being ticketed and fined for a variety of minor offenses that may have warranted a trip to the principal’s office or detention.
Reset talks to two reporters whose work has prompted a bill in Springfield that aims to make the practice illegal.
GUESTS: Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune reporterJodi Cohen, ProPublica reporter
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New bill would make ticketing Illinois students illegal
A $200 ticket for truancy. A $175 fine for having a vape pen. A $450 ticket for disorderly conduct. In schools across Illinois, students are being ticketed and fined for a variety of minor offenses that may have warranted a trip to the principal’s office or detention.
Reset talks to two reporters whose work has prompted a bill in Springfield that aims to make the practice illegal.
GUESTS: Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune reporterJodi Cohen, ProPublica reporter