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A reported budget shortfall has prompted the Marble Falls Independent School District to ask the city of Marble Falls to fully-fund for one year a truancy court case manager. Pictured is a group of youngsters, hanging out after school hours on the grounds of a local grocery store. Connie Swinney/The Highlander
Marble Falls City Council members balked at a request June 1 from the Marble Falls Independent School District to fund the entity’s case manager over truancy incidents.
In years past, the district funded the $12,000 per year staff member – considered “mostly volunteer” at current budgeted salary – who works with the Marble Falls Municipal Court.
The position oversees the case management for…