Amend CSHB 6 by inserting the following SECTIONS,
appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS
accordingly:
      SECTION ____. Section 25.088, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 25.088.  SCHOOL ATTENDANCE OFFICER. The school
attendance officer may be selected by:
            (1)  the county school trustees of any county; <or>
            (2)  the board of trustees of any school district or
the boards of trustees of two or more school districts jointly; or
            (3)  the governing body of an open-enrollment charter
school.
      SECTION ____. Section 25.089(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (a)  An attendance officer may be compensated from the funds
of the county, <or the> independent school district, or
open-enrollment charter school, as applicable.
      SECTION ____. Section 25.090, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 25.090.  ATTENDANCE OFFICER NOT SELECTED. (a)  In those
counties and independent school districts where an attendance
officer has not been selected, the duties of attendance officer
shall be performed by the school superintendents and peace officers
of the counties and districts.
      (b)  If the governing body of an open-enrollment charter
school has not selected an attendance officer, the duties of
attendance officer shall be performed by the peace officers of the
county in which the school is located.
      (c)  Additional compensation may not be paid for <the>
services performed under this section.
      SECTION ____. Sections 25.093(f) and (g), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
      (f)  A fine collected under this section shall be deposited
as follows:
            (1)  one-half shall be deposited to the credit of the
operating fund of, as applicable:
                  (A)  the school district in which the child
attends school;
                  (B)  the open-enrollment charter school the child
attends; or
                  (C)  <of> the juvenile justice alternative
education program that the child has been ordered to attend<, as
applicable>; and
            (2)  one-half shall be deposited to the credit of:
                  (A)  the general fund of the county, if the
complaint is filed in the county court or justice court; or
                  (B)  the general fund of the municipality, if the
complaint is filed in municipal court.
      (g)  At the trial of any person charged with violating this
section, the attendance records of the child may be presented in
court by any authorized employee of the school district or
open-enrollment charter school, as applicable.
      SECTION ____. Section 25.095(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
      (a)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school
shall notify a student's parent in writing if, in a six-month
period, the student has been absent without an excuse five times
for any part of the day.  The notice must state that if the student
is absent without an excuse for 10 or more days or parts of days in
a six-month period:
            (1)  the student's parent is subject to prosecution
under Section 25.093; and
            (2)  the student is subject to prosecution under
Section 25.094.