Senate Bill 1489 proposes to ensure that school districts first utilize evidence-based truancy prevention measures designed to minimize the number of truant students sent to the courts.
Will Voters Decide to Leave Austin?
Last year, the Texas Legislature passed a limited disannexation measure, House Bill 3053, that allows people unfairly captured by large cities during a particular time period to hold an election on the question of staying or leaving municipal control. The law was passed after concerns were raised that some cities had accelerated their involuntary annexation...