Bill Text: TX SB1571 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to complaints filed by a school district regarding the offense of contributing to truancy by a parent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1571 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1571-Introduced.html
| 88R6590 AMF-F | ||
| By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 1571 | |
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| relating to complaints filed by a school district regarding the | ||
| offense of contributing to truancy by a parent. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 25.0951(b), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (b) If a student fails to attend school without excuse as | ||
| specified by Subsection (a), a school district shall [ |
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| complaint against the student's parent in a county, justice, or | ||
| municipal court for an offense under Section 25.093 if the school | ||
| district possesses and is able to provide to the court [ |
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| evidence of the parent's criminal negligence. In this subsection, | ||
| "parent" includes a person standing in parental relation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
