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

Truancy court is now in session in the Scott City School District, and it's making a big difference in curbing student absenteeism and bolstering academic performance, school administrators say. After ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...