Civil rights investigation opened into Illinois’ largest high school district following Tribune-ProPublica investigation

The Illinois Attorney General, Kwame Raoul has opened a civil rights investigation into Illinois’ largest high school district following Tribune-ProPublica investigation that appears to show students of color were given tickets costing upwards of hundreds of dollars disproportionately when compared to their white students.

According to the Tribune article that Yahoo sourced:

"In requesting records related to ticketing and other forms of
discipline, the attorney general’s office asked for information on the
students’ race and gender and on whether they have a disability. The
office also sought information that would indicate the reasons for the
tickets and the cost of the fines."

"In Palatine, records show,
police issued 240 tickets from July 2018 to August 2020 to people under
18 at Palatine High School and William Fremd High School. About 170 of
those tickets were for truancy. Most of the truancy tickets were written
after the law banning schools from referring truant students to police
for tickets went into effect."

"Ticketing by police was far more
common at Palatine High School, where nearly 48% of students are Latino,
than at Fremd, where about 10% of students are Latino."