A Texas lawmaker sees a big problem in schools when it comes to attendance and he's proposing a new bill to target the problem. Houston State Senator Paul Bettencourt wants a civil truancy process ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Three Texas lawmakers are looking for ways the state can better collect data on truancy cases, following a NewsNation affiliate KXAN investigation that discovered no state agency ...

But that could change with Zaffirini’s bill, which followed a KXAN investigation of Texas truancy. KXAN filed over 200 requests to local courts and school districts to get an understanding of ...

This week on Inside the Investigation, we explain how the proposed legislation could shed light on what is happening in Texas’ truancy courts. You can also listen to KXAN’s investigative ...