By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to data collection of truancy case outcomes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 65, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 65.201 and renumbering subsequent
sections as follows:
Sec. 65.201. DATA COLLECTION ON CASE OUTCOMES. (a) The
truancy court shall annually report to the Office of Court
Administration regarding the following case outcomes, in total and
disaggregated by school district, race, ethnicity, sex, age, grade
level, eligibility for special education services, eligibility for
Section 504 services, pregnant or parenting status, homelessness
status, English learner status, and economically disadvantaged:
1) The number of referrals received under Section
25.0915, Education Code;
2) The number of referrals dismissed under Section
25.0915, Education Code;
3) The number of referrals forwarded to a truant conduct
prosecutor under Sec. 65.051;
4) The number of petitions filed by the truant conduct
prosecutor under Sec. 65.053;
5) The number of petitions dismissed due to the child's
mental illness under Sec. 65.065;
6) The number of cases dismissed due to a finding that
the child did not engage in truant conduct under Sec 65.101(g);
7) The number of judgments issued finding that the child
engaged in truant conduct under Sec. 65.101(h);
8) The number of remedial orders entered and
disaggregated under Sec. 65.103 requiring a child to:
A) Attend school without unexcused absences;
B) Attend a preparatory class for the high school
equivalency examination;
C) Take the high school equivalency examination;
D) Attend a nonprofit, community-based special
program;
E) Complete community service; or
F) Participate in a tutorial program;
9) The number of orders entered to suspend or deny the
issuance of a driver's license or permit to a child under Sec. 65.
103 (c) ;
10) The number of cases closed due to the child's
compliance with a remedial order;
11) The number of orders affecting parents and others
entered under Sec. 65.105;
12) The number of orders entered assessing court costs
under Sec. 65.107;
13) The number of orders entered holding a child in
contempt of court and assessing a fine under Sec. 65.251(a)(1);
14) The number of orders entered holding a child in
contempt of court and suspending or denying the issuance of a
driver's license or permit to a child under Sec. 65.251(a)(2);
15) The number of orders entered referring a child to
the juvenile probation department under Sec. 65.251(b);
16) The number of orders entered finding a parent or
person other than the child in contempt of court and:
(A) assessing a fine under Sec. 65.253(c);
(B) ordering confinement in jail under Sec.
65.253(d); or
(C) ordering community service under Sec.
65.253(d);
17) The number of writs of attachment issued under
Sec. 65.254; and
18) The number of warrants for arrest issued under
Sec. 65.258(d).
(b) The truancy court shall annually report to the Office of
Court Administration regarding the following information:
(1) the total amount of court costs collected under
Sec. 65.107;
(2) the total amount of fines assessed under Sec.
65.251(a)(1);
(3) the total amount of fines collected under Sec.
65.251(a)(1);
(4) the total amount of fines assessed under Sec.
65.253(c); and
(5) the total amount of fines collected under Sec.
65.253(c).
(c) The Office of Court Administration shall annually
publish the case outcomes and information for each court on the
office's public Internet website in a searchable format.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.