Virginia House Bill 670 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Truancy; educational neglect; penalty. Provides that any parent who willfully contributes to, encourages, or causes any act, omission, or condition that renders his child in need of supervision is guilty of educational neglect, punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill defines a child in need of supervision as a child who, while subject to compulsory school attendance, is habitually and without justification absent from school and (i) the child has been offered an adequate opportunity to receive the benefit of the school's services and programs, (ii) the school has made a reasonable effort to effect the child's regular attendance, and (iii) the school has documented its efforts. The bill further provides that a court may, instead of finding a parent guilty of a first offense of educational neglect, defer proceedings against the parent and place him on probation upon terms and conditions. If the parent complies with the terms and conditions imposed by the court, the court shall dismiss the proceedings.

Truancy; educational neglect, penalty.

Del. Christopher Peace [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2016-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100556D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	371.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	258	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB670
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB670+hil