Chicago Public Schools repeatedly violated state law over the use of physical restraints of students despite multiple directives this school year to stop, the Illinois State Board of Education alleged in a letter obtained by the Tribune.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.Chicago Public Schools has repeatedly violated state law over the use of physical restraints of students, “overwhelmingly failed” to train its staff properly and continued the practice despite multiple directives this school year from the Illinois State Board of Education to stop, the state agency alleged in a letter to CPS obtained by the Tribune.
Those violations were outlined in an email sent Friday evening to CPS parents and guardians, which began by stating ISBE “has required the District to distribute the following notice.”The letter from ISBE to Martinez, dated Nov.
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