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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice of the right to employ counsel in truancy |
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proceedings. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0951, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) At the time the school district files a complaint |
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against a student or a student's parent or refers a student to |
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juvenile court as provided by Subsection (b), the school district, |
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in the manner described by Section 25.095, shall provide notice to |
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the student's parent that the student or parent, as appropriate, is |
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entitled to employ an attorney to represent the student or parent in |
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county, justice, municipal, or juvenile court. |
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(d) A court shall dismiss a complaint or referral made by a |
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school district under this section that is not made in compliance |
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with this section or for which the school district has not provided |
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notice of the right to counsel as provided by Subsection (b-1). |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.0951, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to a proceeding for failure to attend school that |
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occurs on or after the effective date of this Act regardless of |
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whether the offense that is the subject of the proceeding was |
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committed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |