| 1 | 1 | | 81R4164 CAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Marquez H.B. No. 837 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the deadline for a school district to file a complaint |
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| 8 | 8 | | concerning a student who fails to attend school without excuse. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, as amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by Chapters 908 (H.B. 2884) and 984 (S.B. 1161), Acts of the 80th |
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| 12 | 12 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) If a student fails to attend school without excuse on 10 |
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| 15 | 15 | | or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same |
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| 16 | 16 | | school year, a school district shall within 14 [10] school days of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the student's 10th absence: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) file a complaint against the student or the |
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| 19 | 19 | | student's parent or both in a county, justice, or municipal court |
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| 20 | 20 | | for an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, as appropriate, or |
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| 21 | 21 | | refer the student to a juvenile court in a county with a population |
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| 22 | 22 | | of less than 100,000 for conduct that violates Section 25.094; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) refer the student to a juvenile court for conduct |
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| 24 | 24 | | indicating a need for supervision under Section 51.03(b)(2), Family |
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| 25 | 25 | | Code. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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