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The complaint cites Texas court data, finding that Nueces County was responsible for 11% of all truant conduct cases in the state in 2022. ... "When you sit through a docket on the truancy court ...
The student may also be referred to truancy court that can impose civil consequences if they are absent 10 or more days within a six-month period. Show comments Advertisement
Four civil rights groups have filed a complaint with the Texas Education Agency focused on Corpus Christi ISD's truancy practices.
Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorized, or illegal absence from compulsory education. It is a deliberate absence by a student's own free will and usually does not refer to legitimate excused absences, such as ones related to medical conditions. Truancy is usually explicitly defined in the school's handbook of policies and procedures.
For students, punishments may be prosecution in juvenile court with potential penalties including fines, probation, community service, and mandated attendance of a truancy education program. [28] Socioeconomic factors—lack of transportation, acting as a caregiver for siblings, etc.-- that affect a student's attendance and likelihood of penal ...
"That can't happen," said Morton. "You have too many variables and you have too many scenarios, and everybody knows that would never happen." Alabama State Board Member Mary Jane Caylor said, "I don't think that No Child Left Behind has benefited this state."
The truancy diversion program, she said, is the first contact with the system for many youth. She worked with with the state and other counties, and increased funding to $795,000 in her second year.
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) is a state agency in Texas, headquartered in the Central Services Building (CSB) in Austin. It was created on December 1, 2011, replacing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission .