The kits are created by the National Child Identification Program, which told CNN the idea originated following the case of Amber Hagerman, a Texas 9-year-old who was abducted and murdered in 1996 ...

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Texas legislators slipped millions for child ID kits into a 1,000-page ...

Dallas ISD started distributing the ID kits this week. The Texas Education Agency has provided grant funding to distribute child ID kits in the state like the one pictured from the National Child ...

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Now, some Texas legislators are again pushing to ... who voted against Campbell’s bill that established the child identification kit funding four years ago. The newsrooms attempted to reach ...

For months, Texas lawmakers were on track to spend millions of taxpayer dollars to continue distributing child identification kits to Texas schoolchildren, a program championed by state officials.

(The Texas Tribune/ProPublica ... who voted against Campbell’s bill that established the child identification kit funding four years ago. The newsrooms attempted to reach a handful of ...

(CNN) — A recent move by Texas school districts to provide families with child identification and DNA kits has sparked anxiety amid the horrifying backdrop that genetic material was needed by ...