Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Complaint Filed With Justice Dept. in Texas Truancy Cases

The complaint, filed Wednesday by Texas Appleseed, the National Center for Youth Law and Disability Rights Texas — all nonprofit law centers — said that the truancy courts in Dallas County had prosecuted more than 36,000 students in four school districts, more than any other Texas county. </P>The students, some as young as 12, were prosecuted as adults, the complaint said, and not given any legal counsel. The complaint said that the districts — Dallas, Garland, Mesquite and

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