Suburban School District Uses License Plate Readers to Verify Student Residency

Alsip Hazelgreen Oak Lawn School District 126 used Thomson Reuters CLEAR license plate reader data to deny a mother's enrollment application, claiming cameras showed her car at Chicago addresses overnight. The mother had loaned her car to a relative that summer. The district holds a $41,904 ALPR contract, illustrating how license plate surveillance expands beyond law enforcement into everyday life.