District denies enrollment to child based on license plate reader data

American parents of school-aged children may want to pay attention to where their cars are parked and for how long, as license plate reader data is now being cited by at least one school district when challenging whether students live where they say they do.

According to reporters at NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago Responde, one resident of the Chicago suburb of Alsip is dealing with precisely that. Thalía Sánchez's daughter has been denied enrollment in Alsip Hazelgreen Oak Lawn School District 126 multiple times despite her having moved to the town from Chicago more than a year ago. 

Sánchez told reporters that she had filed all the required documents with the district to prove residency, including a mortgage statement, vehicle registration, utility bills, and her driver's license, but the district repeatedly denied enrollment after citing license plate recognition data that it said showed her vehicle appearing ...