TITLE: Relating to data collection of truancy case outcomes.

SUMMARY: Relating to data collection of truancy case outcomes.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to data collection of truancy case outcomes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 65, Family Code, is amended by adding Section 65.201 and renumbering subsequent sections as follows: Sec. 65.201. DATA COLLECTION ON CASE OUTCOMES. (a) The truancy court shall annually report to the Office of Court Administration regarding the following case outcomes, in total and disaggregated by school district, race, ethnicity, sex, age, grade level, eligibility for special education services, eligibility for Section 504 services, pregnant or parenting status, homelessness status, English learner status, and economically disadvantaged: 1) The number of referrals received under Section 25.0915, Education Code; 2) The number of referrals dismissed under Section 25.0915, Education Code; 3) The number of referrals forwarded to a truant conduct prosecutor under Sec. 65.051; 4) The number of petitions filed by the truant conduct prosecutor under Sec. 65.053; 5) The number of petitions dismissed due to the child's mental illness under Sec. 65.065; 6) The number of cases dismissed due to a finding that the child did not engage in truant conduct under Sec 65.101(g); 7) The number of judgments issued finding that the child engaged in truant conduct under Sec. 65.101(h); 8) The number of remedial orders entered and disaggregated under Sec. 65.103 requiring a child to: A) Attend school without unexcused absences; B) Attend a preparatory class for the high school equivalency examination; C) Take the high school equivalency examination; D) Attend a nonprofit, community-based special program; E) Complete community service; or F) Participate in a tutorial program; 9) The number of orders entered to suspend or deny the issuance of a driver's license or permit to a child under Sec. 65. 103 (c);10) The number of cases closed due to the child's compliance with a remedial order; 11) The number of orders affecting parents and others entered under Sec. 65.105; 12) The number of orders entered assessing court costs under Sec. 65.107; 13) The number of orders entered holding a child in contempt of court and assessing a fine under Sec. 65.251(a)(1); 14) The number of orders entered holding a child in contempt of court and suspending or denying the issuance of a driver's license or permit to a child under Sec. 65.251(a)(2); 15) The number of orders entered referring a child to the juvenile probation department under Sec. 65.251(b); 16) The number of orders entered finding a parent or person other than the child in contempt of court and: (A) assessing a fine under Sec. 65.253(c); (B) ordering confinement in jail under Sec. 65.253(d); or (C) ordering community service under Sec. 65.253(d); 17) The number of writs of attachment issued under Sec. 65.254; and 18) The number of warrants for arrest issued under Sec. 65.258(d). (b) The truancy court shall annually report to the Office of Court Administration regarding the following information: (1) the total amount of court costs collected under Sec. 65.107; (2) the total amount of fines assessed under Sec. 65.251(a)(1); (3) the total amount of fines collected under Sec. 65.251(a)(1); (4) the total amount of fines assessed under Sec. 65.253(c); and (5) the total amount of fines collected under Sec. 65.253(c). (c) The Office of Court Administration shall annually publish the case outcomes and information for each court on the office's public Internet website in a searchable format. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.