Juveniles; alleged to be truant, development of truancy plan. (HB2060)

Introduced By

Del. David Yancey (R-Newport News) with support from co-patrons Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), and Del. David Ramadan (R-South Riding)

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 Failed

History

DateAction
01/09/2013Committee
01/09/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102736D
01/09/2013Referred to Committee on Education
01/14/2013Assigned Education sub: Students and Early Education
01/22/2013Impact statement from DPB (HB2060)
01/24/2013Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
01/28/2013Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
01/28/2013Reported from Education with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2013Committee substitute printed 13104605D-H1
01/28/2013Referred to Committee on Appropriations
01/29/2013Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
01/29/2013Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
02/05/2013Left in Appropriations

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.