Chicago Board of Education v. Terrile

The instant appeal is from an order of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Juvenile Division, entered May 16, 1974, after a hearing, finding Bonnie Jean Terrile (hereinafter respondent), then 13 years and 9 months of age, guilty of habitual truancy and committing her to the Chicago Parental School. 1

Respondent raises four issues for our review: (1) whether respondent was denied due process of law by being committed to the parental school without an affirmative showing that commitment is the least restrictive viable means of providing respondent with a minimal level of education; (2) whether…