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Parents, former administrator urge Indian Prairie CUSD 204 to oppose student ticketing, back state bills
Summary
At the March 24 Board of Education meeting, three public speakers urged Indian Prairie CUSD 204 to stop the practice of student ticketing and to publicly support state legislation they said would ban the practice.
Three community members urged the Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 Board of Education on March 24 to adopt a formal stance against ticketing students for school-based behavior and to support pending state legislation they said would ban the practice.
Public commenters said ticketing pushes students out of class, imposes financial burdens on families and disproportionately affects Black students. Diane Brown Gisten, a district resident, cited a ProPublica and Chicago Tribune investigation that she said found more than 11,800 school-related tickets issued across Illinois between 2019 and 2021 and 93 in Indian Prairie CUSD 204 during the same period. "Ticketing students for minor infractions is an unfair and harmful disciplinary practice that exacerbates inequities, disrupts…
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