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Schools Giving Tickets, Not Detention Slips, Report SaysCBS DallasJan. 14, 2011 |
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 DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Court has become a deterrent instead of detention for some North Texas students. The social and economic group Texas Appleseed collected five years worth of data from 22 districts across the state and found young students, including a six year old in Dallas, who received class C misdemeanor tickets for things like disrupting class, leaving school early and school yard brawls that didn't include weapons. Over the course of five years, more than 1200 elementary students in DISD received a ticket. [...] Data shows the tickets can cost a family as much as $500. Read More 
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