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Statement: Victory for Texas Families, Legislature Decriminalizes Truancy May 30, 2015
Complaint: Use of Court Truancy Processes to Force Students with Disabilities Out of School, in Violation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act May 27, 2015
Administrative complaint filed against the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and 13 school districts. Complaint by Disability Rights Texas, National Center for Youth Law, and Texas Appleseed.
Truancy Reform in Texas March 30, 2015
Video on truancy reform in Texas features former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.
Infographic: Reform Texas' Harmful Truancy Laws, Helping Students Shouldn't Require a Date in Adult Court March 5, 2015
Letter to DOD: Discontinue 1033 Program that Militarizes K-12 School Police September 15, 2014
Grenade launchers, M16 assault rifles, and other weapons intended for military combat are making their way onto K-12 campuses for use by school district police. Read our letter to the Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency, which we and more than 20 education and civil rights advocacy organizations from across the U.S. have signed onto, calling for a discontinuation of the program for K-12 school districts.

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