Media Coverage

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,

Texas Prosecutes More Truancy Cases Than All Other States Combined

Texas Standard,

Report: Texas truancy policies are inconsistent, unfair

The Washington Times (Associated Press),

Texas truancy laws need reform, study finds

Austin American-Statesman,

Texas' truancy law hit in study

Houston Chronicle,

Black, Hispanic students comprise most of truancy cases in Fort Bend ISD

Houston Chronicle,

Interest builds up quickly, and some people lose their homes

Austin American-Statesman,

Breaking the cycle of Texas' Truancy Law

KTBC-TV Fox 7 Austin, February 16, 2015

Feds draft payday rules

McAllen Monitor,

The Debt Trap: Texans taken for a ride by auto-title loans

Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 14, 2015