Bill Text: TX HB1571 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice of the right to employ counsel in truancy proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues [HB1571 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1571-Introduced.html
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By: White of Tyler | H.B. No. 1571 |
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relating to notice of the right to employ counsel in truancy | ||
proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 25.0951, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b-1) At the time the school district files a complaint | ||
against a student or a student's parent or refers a student to | ||
juvenile court as provided by Subsection (b), the school district, | ||
in the manner described by Section 25.095, shall provide notice to | ||
the student's parent that the student or parent, as appropriate, is | ||
entitled to employ an attorney to represent the student or parent in | ||
county, justice, municipal, or juvenile court. | ||
(d) A court shall dismiss a complaint or referral made by a | ||
school district under this section that is not made in compliance | ||
with this section or for which the school district has not provided | ||
notice of the right to counsel as provided by Subsection (b-1). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 25.0951, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies to a proceeding for failure to attend school that | ||
occurs on or after the effective date of this Act regardless of | ||
whether the offense that is the subject of the proceeding was | ||
committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |