Education News
Advocates Concerned Special-Needs Students Pushed Out Despite Truancy Reform
Posted on · A recent state investigation confirmed that some special needs students are ordered to GED programs after they pile up absences.
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Education News
Abbott Signs School Truancy Reform Into Law
Posted on · Schools will no longer send students who miss a lot of school to adult criminal court.
Education News
How Texas Could Change Its Approach To Truancy, Decriminalize Missing School
Posted on · Currently, Texas schools can send students who frequently miss school to adult criminal court.
Houston Matters
What Got Done — and What Didn’t — During the 84th Texas Legislature?
Posted on · The 84th legislative session officially wraps up in Austin today, and lawmakers spent the final weekend passing bills addressing issues ranging from campus carry, to medical marijuana, to student truancy, to a new school grade rating system. We discuss what lawmakers passed, what fell short of passage and what it all may signal politically with […]
Education News
Complaint: School Districts Using Truancy Laws To Push Students With Disabilities Out
Posted on · Three nonprofits filed the complaint against 13 school districts, including Clear Creek, Conroe, Fort Bend, Galveston, Houston and Pasadena.
Education News
Fort Bend County Independent School District Suspends Truancy Program
Posted on · This after reports its policies were among the strictest in Texas in addressing students who frequently miss class.
Education News
Report: Texas Truancy Laws Prosecute Mostly Low-Income Students
Posted on · Texas also sends students of color and students with special needs to adult criminal court for truancy at disproportionately high rates.
Houston Matters
Is Truancy a Matter for Criminal Courts?
Posted on · Texas and Wyoming are the only U.S. states that will prosecute kids in adult criminal court for failing to attend school. Opponents of Texas’ truancy law characterize it not as a way to properly address truancy but rather the establishment of dropout courts. Lawmakers sought to change the system in 2013; Governor Perry vetoed legislation […]
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Mayoral Race Preview, Truancy, and MUD Districts: Monday’s show (February 9, 2015)
Posted on · While D.C. watchers salivate over the developing 2016 Presidential campaign, Houstonians engaged in city politics are keeping an eye out for signals as to who might make a run in November to replace outgoing Houston Mayor Annise Parker next year. On this edition of Houston Matters, we discuss the likely candidates, and what they may […]