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More than 86,000 Texas teens have been sent to court for missing school since lawmakers’ 2015 reforms made truancy a civil matter, rather than criminal. A KXAN investigation found cases are escalating ...
Losing a loved one can derail a child’s life, and it often causes them to miss out on normal childhood experiences. That’s why Experience Camps was created 15 years ago.