TX SB1925

Removes the requirement that school districts adopt truancy prevention measures, making such measures optional rather than mandatory, and eliminates the prerequisite that prevention measures must fail before referring students to truancy court

Eliminates the right to a jury trial for children alleged to have engaged in truant conduct, requiring all truancy court proceedings to be conducted without a jury

Extends the limitations period for filing a truancy petition from 45 days to 60 days after the last absence giving rise to truant conduct

Removes homelessness from the list of conditions that prohibit a school from referring a student to truancy court (pregnancy, foster care, severe illness, and being the family's principal income earner remain protected)

Makes employment of truancy prevention facilitators or juvenile case managers optional for school districts rather than mandatory, and removes the annual meeting requirement between facilitators and court-designated case managers