Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 65.001 - Scope and Purpose(a) This chapter details the procedures and proceedings in cases involving allegations of truant conduct.(b) The purpose of this chapter is to encourage school attendance by creating simple civil judicial procedures through which children are held accountable for excessive school absences.(c) The best interest of the child is the primary consideration in adjudicating truant conduct of the child.Added by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 935,Sec. 27, eff. 9/1/2015.