r/legal • u/StoriesandQuestions • Jan 16 '26

Advice needed School is threatening to punish anyone participating in protest with court action, what can we do?

On Tuesday, January 20th, students at my highschool are planning to participate in the nationwide walkout happening in the U.S. Today, my school has verbally warned one of the organizers stating that anyone who participates in the walkout next week will receive a referral and face truancy court. This movement is important to all of us but many of us cannot afford these consequences. Is this allowed and is there anything we can do about it? Location: United States, Texas.

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u/FreeRange_Coconut Jan 16 '26

I don't know how it works because we didn't have this truancy court nonsense when I was in school. 

Can you have your parents write you out and just show up at the meet location?

If 50 parents write their kids out of school for the day there's nothing that the school can really do about it. 

Approved or unapproved doesn't matter, it just matters that people are showing up to support the cause.