AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District released data showing how often it referred kids to truancy court this school year, revealing a significant decline from the previous year.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newly filed legislation by a state senator could shore up the state’s collection of truancy court information and provide lawmakers and education leaders with a clearer picture of how ...

Schools only have so many tools and intervention techniques at their disposal to mitigate a student’s truancy issues, and some districts have more resources than others. When a student continues to be ...

APPLETON — In the five years since Appleton removed its truancy laws from the books, the district has worked to find other solutions — but, according to superintendent Greg Hartjes, they're still not ...

DALLAS (AP) — A long-standing Texas law that has sent about 100,000 students a year to criminal court — and some to jail — for missing school is off the books, though a Justice Department ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Three Texas lawmakers are looking for ways the state can better collect data on truancy cases, following a KXAN investigation that discovered no state agency has tracked outcomes for ...

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — New numbers show the Corpus Christi Independent School District has seen a decrease in truancy cases in the past two years. Student Support Services Director Ronald Kanipes ...

Parents do their best to teach kids right from wrong, but sometimes, kids have to experience life and make mistakes on their own to truly learn their lesson. One mom took to TikTok after facing this ...