Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)

720 ILCS 5 § 21-5.5: Criminal trespass to a safe school zone

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Criminal trespass to a safe school zone occurs when a suspended, expelled, or dismissed student or employee, or a person whose presence has been withdrawn by school administration, knowingly enters or remains in a school zone without lawful business.

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