Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB837 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 02/01/2025

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                            81R4164 CAS-D
 By: Marquez H.B. No. 837


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the deadline for a school district to file a complaint
 concerning a student who fails to attend school without excuse.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1. Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, as amended
 by Chapters 908 (H.B. 2884) and 984 (S.B. 1161), Acts of the 80th
 Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to
 read as follows:
 (a) If a student fails to attend school without excuse on 10
 or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same
 school year, a school district shall within 14 [10] school days of
 the student's 10th absence:
 (1) file a complaint against the student or the
 student's parent or both in a county, justice, or municipal court
 for an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, as appropriate, or
 refer the student to a juvenile court in a county with a population
 of less than 100,000 for conduct that violates Section 25.094; or
 (2) refer the student to a juvenile court for conduct
 indicating a need for supervision under Section 51.03(b)(2), Family
 Code.
 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2009.