Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School
Chicago Tribune investigation would explicitly prevent police from ticketing students for violations such as vaping or truancy, and require districts to track and disclose police activity.
Attorneys behind RPS 205 civil rights complaint push state to end police ticketing at school
The attorneys behind a civil rights complaint against Rockford Public Schools (RPS 205) focus their fight to Springfield. Last fall, attorneys Angie Jimenez and Nina Monfredo from the National Center for Youth Law accused RPS of “blurring lines” with its relationship to the Rockford Police Department (RPD).
Illinois bill would prevent police from ticketing students for misbehavior in school
A new bill, filed in the Illinois General Assembly on Monday, would ban school resource officers and police from issuing tickets to students engaged in bad behavior. House Bill 2502 would also require school districts to track police activity in their schools and disclose that data to the state.
Hoping to ‘Trump proof’ students’ rights, Illinois lawmakers aim to end police ticketing at school
Citing an urgency to protect students’ civil rights in a second Trump administration, Illinois lawmakers have filed a new bill that would explicitly prevent school police from ticketing and fining
Bill aims to end police ticketing in Illinois schools
As the uncertain future of the Department of Education looms, state lawmakers are looking to enshrine students’ civil rights.
Illinois lawmakers seek to stop schools from fining, ticketing students
Illinois lawmakers have introduced bills that would end the practice of ticketing students for municipal code violations. State Rep. La Shawn Ford, D-Chicago, and state Sen. Karina Villa, D-West Chicago,
A Push to Stop Police Ticketing in Illinois Schools Becomes Urgent in the Trump Era
Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards at ProPublica] From my colleagues at ProPublica: "Citing an urgency to protect students’ civil rights in a second Trump administration, Illinois lawmakers filed a new bill Monday that would explicitly prevent school police from ticketing and fining students for misbehavior.
Police probe school link in Sweden's worst mass shooting
A gunman who killed 11 people, including himself, at an adult education centre in central Sweden may have been a student at ...
Brawl at Canton middle school basketball game sends officer to the hospital
Police say an officer who was trying to break up the fight ended up in the hospital after one of the adults viciously attacked him.
Police respond to dangerous dog incident near Menominee Elementary School
To prevent an immediate threat to the children at Menominee Elementary School, officers struck the dogs with a patrol vehicle ...
Swedish police say gunman was connected to adult education center, may have attended school there
Swedish police said the gunman in the country’s worst mass shooting was connected to the adult education center where he ...
Tucson police officer commended for preventing a mass school shooting
Officer William Bonanno was working off-duty as a school safety officer when he arrested a man who entered a charter school with a gun and said he wanted to shoot students ...
Swedish police say "about 10 people" killed in shooting at a school for adults
Swedish police say "about 10 people have been killed" in a shooting at a school for adults in the city of Orebro, but the ...
Elementary school worker caught in back seat of car with 16-year-old student, CA cops say
An elementary school worker was arrested on sexual assault charges after California police say he was found in the back seat ...
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The SAPD arrested a Tustin school employee for hooking up with a teenager in a car
Santa Ana Police have arrested a 32-year-old Tustin Unified School District classified employee on charges of s*xual assault involving a student. On February 4, 2025, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Santa ...