The Texas Tribune: Texas Lawmakers Take On Truancy Laws

When she was accused of truancy and summoned to a municipal court in October, her family was shocked. Elizabeth Hebert, her mother, was charged as a “parent contributing to nonattendance.” If they had failed to show up for court, both could have been arrested. The case was dropped after their lawyer sought the release of Rachel’s attendance records. </P>“She’s not truant. She’s not shopping and running around in the streets,” Ms. Hebert said of her daughter. “I don’t

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