| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1850 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to data collection of truancy case outcomes. |
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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. Subchapter E, Chapter 65, Family Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 65.201 and renumbering subsequent |
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| 12 | 12 | | sections as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 65.201. DATA COLLECTION ON CASE OUTCOMES. (a) The |
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| 14 | 14 | | truancy court shall annually report to the Office of Court |
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| 15 | 15 | | Administration regarding the following case outcomes, in total and |
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| 16 | 16 | | disaggregated by school district, race, ethnicity, sex, age, grade |
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| 17 | 17 | | level, eligibility for special education services, eligibility for |
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| 18 | 18 | | Section 504 services, pregnant or parenting status, homelessness |
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| 19 | 19 | | status, English learner status, and economically disadvantaged: |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1) The number of referrals received under Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 25.0915, Education Code; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2) The number of referrals dismissed under Section |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25.0915, Education Code; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3) The number of referrals forwarded to a truant conduct |
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| 25 | 25 | | prosecutor under Sec. 65.051; |
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| 26 | 26 | | 4) The number of petitions filed by the truant conduct |
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| 27 | 27 | | prosecutor under Sec. 65.053; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 5) The number of petitions dismissed due to the child's |
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| 29 | 29 | | mental illness under Sec. 65.065; |
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| 30 | 30 | | 6) The number of cases dismissed due to a finding that |
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| 31 | 31 | | the child did not engage in truant conduct under Sec 65.101(g); |
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| 32 | 32 | | 7) The number of judgments issued finding that the child |
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| 33 | 33 | | engaged in truant conduct under Sec. 65.101(h); |
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| 34 | 34 | | 8) The number of remedial orders entered and |
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| 35 | 35 | | disaggregated under Sec. 65.103 requiring a child to: |
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| 36 | 36 | | A) Attend school without unexcused absences; |
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| 37 | 37 | | B) Attend a preparatory class for the high school |
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| 38 | 38 | | equivalency examination; |
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| 39 | 39 | | C) Take the high school equivalency examination; |
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| 40 | 40 | | D) Attend a nonprofit, community-based special |
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| 41 | 41 | | program; |
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| 42 | 42 | | E) Complete community service; or |
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| 43 | 43 | | F) Participate in a tutorial program; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 9) The number of orders entered to suspend or deny the |
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| 45 | 45 | | issuance of a driver's license or permit to a child under Sec. 65. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 103 (c) ; |
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| 47 | 47 | | 10) The number of cases closed due to the child's |
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| 48 | 48 | | compliance with a remedial order; |
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| 49 | 49 | | 11) The number of orders affecting parents and others |
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| 50 | 50 | | entered under Sec. 65.105; |
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| 51 | 51 | | 12) The number of orders entered assessing court costs |
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| 52 | 52 | | under Sec. 65.107; |
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| 53 | 53 | | 13) The number of orders entered holding a child in |
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| 54 | 54 | | contempt of court and assessing a fine under Sec. 65.251(a)(1); |
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| 55 | 55 | | 14) The number of orders entered holding a child in |
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| 56 | 56 | | contempt of court and suspending or denying the issuance of a |
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| 57 | 57 | | driver's license or permit to a child under Sec. 65.251(a)(2); |
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| 58 | 58 | | 15) The number of orders entered referring a child to |
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| 59 | 59 | | the juvenile probation department under Sec. 65.251(b); |
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| 60 | 60 | | 16) The number of orders entered finding a parent or |
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| 61 | 61 | | person other than the child in contempt of court and: |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) assessing a fine under Sec. 65.253(c); |
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| 63 | 63 | | (B) ordering confinement in jail under Sec. |
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| 64 | 64 | | 65.253(d); or |
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| 65 | 65 | | (C) ordering community service under Sec. |
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| 66 | 66 | | 65.253(d); |
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| 67 | 67 | | 17) The number of writs of attachment issued under |
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| 68 | 68 | | Sec. 65.254; and |
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| 69 | 69 | | 18) The number of warrants for arrest issued under |
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| 70 | 70 | | Sec. 65.258(d). |
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| 71 | 71 | | (b) The truancy court shall annually report to the Office of |
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| 72 | 72 | | Court Administration regarding the following information: |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) the total amount of court costs collected under |
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| 74 | 74 | | Sec. 65.107; |
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| 75 | 75 | | (2) the total amount of fines assessed under Sec. |
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| 76 | 76 | | 65.251(a)(1); |
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| 77 | 77 | | (3) the total amount of fines collected under Sec. |
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| 78 | 78 | | 65.251(a)(1); |
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| 79 | 79 | | (4) the total amount of fines assessed under Sec. |
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| 80 | 80 | | 65.253(c); and |
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| 81 | 81 | | (5) the total amount of fines collected under Sec. |
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| 82 | 82 | | 65.253(c). |
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| 83 | 83 | | (c) The Office of Court Administration shall annually |
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| 84 | 84 | | publish the case outcomes and information for each court on the |
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| 85 | 85 | | office's public Internet website in a searchable format. |
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| 86 | 86 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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