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Chicago Police-Shooting

A CCTV camera on campus of Farragut Career Academy High School which recorded the video of Adam Toledo being shot by police in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Friday, April 16, 2021.

Shafkat Anowar

Illinois school districts have significant autonomy on safety measures

By  Christian Elliott
   

The elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has raised questions nationwide about what states require when it comes to keeping children safe in classrooms. Reset learns about the rules for schools in Illinois.

GUEST: Lisa Philip, independent journalist based in Oak Park, Ill.

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