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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transportation to school for a child required to attend |
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school as a condition of probation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.043, Family Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 54.043. SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION; |
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MONITORING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. (a) If the court places a child on |
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probation under Section 54.04(d) and requires as a condition of |
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probation that the child attend school: |
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(1) the court shall: |
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(A) consult with: |
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(i) the child's parents; |
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(ii) school officials from the school the |
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child attends; and |
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(iii) the probation officer charged with |
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supervising the child; and |
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(B) specify in the order placing the child on |
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probation a plan to ensure that the child is not absent from school |
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due to lack of transportation; and |
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(2) [,] the probation officer charged with supervising |
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the child shall monitor the child's school attendance and report to |
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the court if the child is voluntarily absent from school. |
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(b) For the purposes of determining whether a child is |
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voluntarily absent from school under Subsection (a)(2), the |
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probation officer shall consider whether transportation was |
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reasonably available to the child on the date the absence occurred. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 54.043(a), Family Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to a probation order issued on or after the |
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effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the conduct for |
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which the child was placed on probation was committed before, on, or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) Section 54.043(b), Family Code, as added by this Act, |
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applies to a child placed on probation regardless of whether the |
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child was placed on probation before, on, or after the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |