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Education Code §25.094
In force on Sep 01, 2025 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2025 · same as today's text
AGREEMENT FOR DISMISSAL OF PARENT CONTRIBUTING TO NONATTENDANCE CHARGE
(a) A parent against whom a complaint under Section 25.093 has been filed and the school district at which the parent's child is enrolled may enter into a written agreement requiring the parent to complete counseling, training, or another program as designated by the school district.
(b) A parent who fulfills the terms of an agreement described by Subsection (a) not later than the 30th day after the date on which the complaint was filed or within the period provided by the agreement is entitled to dismissal of the complaint in accordance with Article 45A.403 (b), Code of Criminal Procedure.
(c) The agency may adopt rules and materials necessary to implement this section, including by:
(1) making standardized agreement forms available to school districts;
(2) recommending state and local counseling, training, or other program options that a school district may require in an agreement under this section, which may include:
(A) faith-based counseling or training programs; or
(B) other programs that provide instruction designed to assist a parent in identifying problems that contribute to unexcused absences by the parent's child and in developing strategies for resolving those problems; and
(3) requiring relevant programs, resources, and materials to be made available through regional educational service centers.
History: Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 749 (H.B. 3917 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620 ), Sec. 6.003, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.
Every version on file
- Effective Sep 01, 2025 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026
Attorney General opinions that cite it
- GA-0946 (Nov 30, 2011): Whether a public school student who is at least eighteen years of age or older and younger than twenty-one, and who is enrolled in a district that has adopted a compulsory attendance policy under section 25.085 of the Education Code, is subject to prosecution under section 25.094 of the Education Code for a failure to attend school
- GA-0713 (Nov 10, 2008): Authority of a justice of the peace in a proceeding under section 25.094, Education Code
- GA-0607 (Sep 18, 2007): Whether Senate Bill 1 16 1 (2007) and Angleton, Texas 775 15 House Bill 2884 (2007), both of which amended Education Code section 25.095 1, can be harmonized
- GA-0574 (Apr 24, 2007): School district responsibilities under section 25.0951(a) ofthe Texas Education Code GA-0410 ( 2006 ) Superseded by statute Tex. Gov't Code § 466.405
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