Illinois HR 218: RECOGNIZE - WILLIAM F. GRANT

Status: Resolution Adopted (as of 2017-03-22)

State: Illinois · Session: 100th · Bill: HR 218

Sponsors: Frances Ann Hurley

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HR0218LRB104 12532 MST 22961 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, Each year, thousands of students in Illinois 

3receive tickets during school hours for conduct that violates 

4local laws; and

5 WHEREAS, Tickets are often issued for school infractions 

6that have historically been addressed by school 

7administrators, such as littering, smoking/vaping, using 

8offensive words or gestures, or getting into a hallway 

9scuffle; and

10 WHEREAS, Ticketing students in schools violates the intent 

11of Illinois Public Act 099-0456, enacted in 2016, which 

12prohibits schools from fining students as a form of discipline 

13except for restitution for lost, stolen, or damaged property; 

14and

15 WHEREAS, Public Act 099-0456 also seeks to address the 

16causes and consequences of the school-to-prison pipeline by 

17legislating disciplinary guidelines for public and charter 

18schools; and

19 WHEREAS, Schools are barred from issuing fines directly; 

20school officials refer students to police who serve as school 

21resource officers who write the tickets; and

HR0218- 2 -LRB104 12532 MST 22961 r

1 WHEREAS, The practice of ticketing students in schools 

2made the news in April 2022 with the release of the three-year 

3investigation by the Chicago Tribune and ProPublica, The Price 

4Kids Pay; and

5 WHEREAS, Black students in Illinois are two times more 

6likely than their white peers to receive a ticket issued by 

7school resource officers; and

8 WHEREAS, In 2019, Amara Harris, then a junior at 

9Naperville North High School in Naperville Community Unit 

10School District 203, was accused of stealing another student's 

11AirPods at Naperville North High School; and

12 WHEREAS, Amara Harris insisted that the incident was

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