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.

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.

As the uncertain future of the Department of Education looms, state lawmakers are looking to enshrine students’ civil rights.

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