Lawmakers to examine Texas truancy data collection after KXAN investigation

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Three Texas lawmakers are looking for ways the state can better collect data on truancy cases, following a KXAN investigation that discovered no state agency has tracked outcomes for tens of thousands of students referred to court for missing too much class in the past decade.

Since 2016 – the year after lawmakers reformed the truancy system and made it a civil issue rather than criminal – more than 86,000 students have had to face a judge over truant conduct, according...