Media Coverage

Texas Turns Away From Prosecuting Truants

NPR, National Desk,

Texas Law Decriminalizes School Truancy

New York Times (Associated Press),

Texas turns away from criminal student truancy courts, instead encourages school intervention

U.S. News & World Report (Associated Press),

Has America Given Up on the Dream of Racial Integration?

The Atlantic,

Historic: Texas Governor Signs Bill that Decriminalizes Truancy

Breitbart News,

5 Shocking Facts About Car Title Loans

The Cheat Sheet,

Decriminalizing Truancy In San Antonio Has Big Results, State Passes Own Law

Texas Public Radio (The Source),

Advocates: Texas schools using truancy law to push special needs children out

Houston Chronicle,

What Obama's New Military-Equipment Rules Mean for K-12 School Police

Rolling Stone,

Students kicked out of school for truancy file complaint

KXAN-TV (Associated Press),

Students With Disabilities Pushed Out Of School, Advocates Say

BuzzFeed News,

In Texas, courts turn truancy cases into cash

Al Jazeera America,

Should skipping school be a crime?

KTRK-TV (ABC),

Tell lawmakers to rein in payday lenders

San Antonio Express-News, | Op Ed by Neel Lane

State action needed on loans

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Editorial Board,

In Texas, Questions About Prosecuting Truancy

NPR, National Desk,

Texas Sends Poor Teens To Adult Jail For Skipping School

BuzzFeed News,

The Fight to Decriminalize Truancy in Texas Schools

Pacific Standard,

All Over The Country, Kids Are Getting Shocked With Tasers And Sprayed With Chemicals In School

Huffington Post,

Justice Department Probes Another “School-to-Prison Pipeline”

Frontline (PBS),

U.S. Justice Department launches probe of Dallas truancy courts

Reuters,

The Fight Over Decriminalizing Truancy in Texas

KLRU-TV (PBS),

Payday loan borrowers: ‘When are we going to be done paying these people?’

The Guardian,

Texas Is Doing Something Genuinely Progressive And The World Didn't End

Huffington Post,

Inexcusable Absences

The Marshall Project,