81R4164 CAS-D
 
  By: Marquez H.B. No. 837
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the deadline for a school district to file a complaint
  concerning a student who fails to attend school without excuse.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 25.0951(a), Education Code, as amended
  by Chapters 908 (H.B. 2884) and 984 (S.B. 1161), Acts of the 80th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  If a student fails to attend school without excuse on 10
  or more days or parts of days within a six-month period in the same
  school year, a school district shall within 14 [10] school days of
  the student's 10th absence:
               (1)  file a complaint against the student or the
  student's parent or both in a county, justice, or municipal court
  for an offense under Section 25.093 or 25.094, as appropriate, or
  refer the student to a juvenile court in a county with a population
  of less than 100,000 for conduct that violates Section 25.094; or
               (2)  refer the student to a juvenile court for conduct
  indicating a need for supervision under Section 51.03(b)(2), Family
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.