DAILY DILEMMA: Texas Flips The Script On Homeless Children

Texas just hit the streets with a controversial new law that’s got people talking—especially those who care about our youth.
House Bill 6, recently signed into law, now gives schools more power to suspend homeless students for what they call “disruptive behavior.”

Back in 2019, Texas passed a law that protected homeless kids from being kicked out of school unless they brought weapons, drugs, alcohol, or got violent. That law gave grace to students facing the hardest situations—kids with no stable home, bouncing between shelters, cars, or friends’ couches.

But now? That grace just got rolled back.

Under HB 6, schools could suspend a homeless student not just for serious threats—but for “behavior that threatens the safety of others” or causes “significant disruption” in the classroom. That’s a wide net.

Now imagine a child dealing with trauma, hunger, and sleeping in a shelter… showing out in class because they’re hurting. This law says the school can show them the door instead of finding support.

HB 6 has passed the Texas House and is awaiting Governor Abbott’s signature to become law. 

Let’s be real—when you suspend a homeless kid, where do they even go? They’re not running back to a house with Wi-Fi and snacks. They’re out in these streets, unsupervised, falling further behind.

This law affects mostly Black and brown children, who are overrepresented in both the homeless population and school discipline. So we really gotta ask—who is this law helping? And who is it hurting?

On The Madd Hatta Show, we ask the real questions: Should schools focus on punishment or support? And is HB 6 about safety—or just pushing kids out? Or point blank is this fair or foul answer on the poll on the Majic 102.1 Instagram page below.