Juveniles; alleged to be truant, development of truancy plan. (SB1194)

Introduced By

Sen. Kenneth Alexander (D-Norfolk) with support from co-patron Sen. Lionell Spruill (D-Chesapeake)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Juvenile alleged to be truant; development of truancy plan. Provides that in cases in which a school attendance officer files a complaint alleging that a juvenile is a truant and the juvenile has not previously been proceeded against informally or adjudicated in need of supervision for failure to comply with compulsory school attendance laws, the intake officer shall defer filing of a petition alleging that the child is in need of supervision for 90 days and shall refer the child to the family assessment and planning team for development of a truancy plan. If the juvenile or his parent, guardian, or other person standing in loco parentis refuses to participate in the truancy plan, or if at the end of the 90-day period the child has failed to comply with the truancy plan, the intake officer shall file a petition alleging that the child is in need of supervision. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/09/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102740D
01/09/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/16/2013Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/18/2013Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/21/2013Read second time and engrossed
01/22/2013Impact statement from DPB (SB1194)
01/22/2013Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2013Placed on Calendar
01/25/2013Read first time
01/25/2013Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/06/2013Referred from Courts of Justice
02/06/2013Referred to Committee on Education
02/13/2013Assigned Education sub: Standards Of Quality
02/15/2013Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
02/18/2013Reported from Education with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2013Committee substitute printed 13105218D-H1
02/19/2013Read second time
02/20/2013Read third time
02/20/2013Committee substitute agreed to 13105218D-H1
02/20/2013Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1194H1
02/20/2013Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/20/2013VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2013House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2013Title replaced 13105218D-H1
02/23/2013Enrolled
02/23/2013Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1194ER)
02/23/2013Signed by President
02/23/2013Signed by Speaker
02/28/2013Impact statement from DPB (SB1194ER)
03/25/2013Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/02/2013Placed on Calendar
04/03/2013Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/03/2013House rejected Governor's recommendation (35-Y 63-N)
04/03/2013VOTE: REJECTED (35-Y 63-N) (see vote tally)
04/03/2013Communicated to Governor
05/03/2013G Approved by Governor-Chapter 803 (effective - see bill)
05/03/2013G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.

Comments

ACLU-VA Juvenile Justice, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

The ACLU of Virginia strongly supports legislation that defers court intervention for students accused of truancy, who haven’t previously been adjudicated truant, so that a comprehensive evaluation can be conducted and the student be given services to correct problems. This legislation will provide students with a second chance before entering the criminal justice system and provide necessary services.

ACLU-VA Students' Rights, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

The ACLU of Virginia supports legislation that defers court intervention for students accused of truancy, who haven’t previously been adjudicated truant, so that a comprehensive evaluation can be conducted and the student be given services to correct problems. This legislation will provide students with a second chance before entering the criminal justice system and provide necessary services. This bill is key to combatting the "school to prison pipeline," which refers to the policies and practices that push our nation’s schoolchildren, especially our most at-risk children, out of classrooms and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Overly harsh disciplinary policies push students down the pipeline and into the juvenile justice system.

ACLU-VA Legislative Agenda, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

The ACLU of Virginia strongly supports legislation that defers court intervention for students accused of truancy, who haven’t previously been adjudicated truant, so that a comprehensive evaluation can be conducted and the student be given services to correct problems. This legislation will provide students with a second chance before entering the criminal justice system and provide necessary services.