While some students are faced with a trip to the principal’s office for vaping or ditching class, others are met with the police intervention. While Illinois bans schools from fining students, a ProPublica and Chicago Tribune investigation found that schools exploit a loophole in the law by enlisting police to issue citations. Reset unpacks the proposed legislation that would prevent students from being fined for misbehavior with ProPublica reporter Jennifer Smith Richards.

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