In an update to our July 12 post Sunset on TYC? A Timeline and Update, the Houston Chronicle reported that the conservator of the Texas Youth Commission urged Governor Rick Perry to end the TYC’s conservatorship by July 31.
The conservator of the Texas Youth Commission has told Gov. Rick Perry that the embattled state juvenile [...]
A boy, was ordered by a rural school district (Needville ISD) located outside of Houston to cut his waist length hair due to its violation of the school district’s dress code. However, as reported by the Houston Chronicle, Michelle Betenbaugh, the boy’s mother, says that cutting his hair would conflict with his Native [...]
The article Children of the State discusses the difficulties faced by Texas’ Child Protective Services when it comes to taking care of undocumented children. While child welfare is handled by the states, immigration is handled by the federal government, leading to conflict when these two spheres overlap. Indeed, new federal rules that are designed to [...]
In November 2008, the Sunset Commission will issue a report with recommendations for TYC. (Link) The Sunset commission “periodically evaluate a state agency to determine if the agency is still needed, and what improvements are needed to ensure that state funds are well spent. Based on the recommendations of the Sunset Commission, the Texas Legislature [...]
Grits for Breakfast and the Brownsville Herald reported that Justice of the Peace Gustavo “Gus” Garza, from Brownsville, Texas, was ordered last month by State District Judge Abel C. Limas to stop his practice of offering spanking as an alternative sanction for disciplining children in his courtroom. If a child was convicted of truancy, JP [...]
