A judicial panel on Wednesday heard the case of a judge booted off the bench for erupting at students and their parents ...

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 ...

Douglas County commissioners reviewed a proposed elementary and middle school truancy initiative set to launch as early as the 2026-2027 school year. On Wednesday, county commissioners heard from the ...

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 ...

APPLETON (WLUK) -- Appleton continued its truancy discussions Wednesday night. But after more than two hours of discussion at the committee meeting, no action was taken. Appleton will hold off two ...

Truancy court warnings, attendance contracts and threatening letters are all things many Killeen ISD parents say they have received during the first half of this school year. Some parents have taken ...

Appleton students are one step closer to risking a fine if they skip class. A city committee on Sept. 24 recommended the Common Council approve a truancy enforcement ordinance. Two members of the five ...

SAN ANTONIO — Over the last five years, lawmakers in Texas have been grappling with the issues of dropout rates and truancy. What's changed is the long held reliance on justice of the peace and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...