89R5521 CJD-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 804
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to transportation to school for a child required to attend
school as a condition of probation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.043, Family Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 54.043. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION;
MONITORING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. (a) If the court places a child on
probation under Section 54.04(d) and requires as a condition of
probation that the child attend school:
(1) the court shall:
(A) consult with:
(i) the child's parents;
(ii) school officials from the school the
child attends; and
(iii) the probation officer charged with
supervising the child; and
(B) specify in the order placing the child on
probation a plan to ensure that the child is not absent from school
due to lack of transportation; and
(2) [,] the probation officer charged with supervising
the child shall monitor the child's school attendance and report to
the court if the child is voluntarily absent from school.
(b) For the purposes of determining whether a child is
voluntarily absent from school under Subsection (a)(2), the
probation officer shall consider whether transportation was
reasonably available to the child on the date the absence occurred.
SECTION 2. (a) Section 54.043(a), Family Code, as added by
this Act, applies to a probation order issued on or after the
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the conduct for
which the child was placed on probation was committed before, on, or
after the effective date of this Act.
(b) Section 54.043(b), Family Code, as added by this Act,
applies to a child placed on probation regardless of whether the
child was placed on probation before, on, or after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.