WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en-US 00:00:02.705 --> 00:00:05.120 [background music throughout] 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:09.840 Hello, I am Xavier Warren. This  brief training session is designed   00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:14.400 to reduce incidences of truancy  by recording the legal statutes. 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:22.240 Under Section 25.085 of the Texas Education  Code: "A child who is at least six years of age,   00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:27.920 or who is younger than six years of age and  has previously enrolled in the first grade,   00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:33.680 and who has not yet reached the child's  19th birthday shall attend school." 00:00:33.680 --> 00:00:41.520 "On enrollment in pre-kindergarten or  kindergarten, a child shall attend school." 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:48.800 Section 25.087, excused absences"  "A person required to attend school,   00:00:48.800 --> 00:00:55.360 including a person required to attend  school under section 25.085, may be   00:00:55.360 --> 00:01:01.840 excused for a temporary absence resulting  from any cause acceptable to the teacher,   00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:08.960 principal, or superintendent of the  school in which the person is enrolled." 00:01:08.960 --> 00:01:18.800 Section 25.0915, truancy prevention measures: "A  school district shall adopt prevention measures   00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:25.600 designed to address student conduct related  to truancy in the school setting before the   00:01:25.600 --> 00:01:34.880 student engages in conduct described by section  65.003 of the Family Code; and (2) minimize the   00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:46.400 need for referrals to a truancy court for conduct  described by section 65.003 of the Family Code." 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:53.520 Section 25.092, minimum attendance  for class credit or final grade:   00:01:53.520 --> 00:01:59.520 "Except as provided by this section, a student  in any grade level from kindergarten through   00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:05.760 12th grade may not be given credit or  a final grade for a class unless the   00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:12.240 student is in attendance for at least  90% of the days the class is offered."  00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:20.000 "A student who is in attendance for at least 75%  but less than 90% of the days the class is offered   00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:26.640 may be given credit or a final grade if the  student completes a plan provided by the school's   00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:35.120 principal that provides for the student to meet  the instructional requirements of the class." 00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:41.760 Section 25.093, parent contributing  to non-attendance: "If a warning is   00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:49.120 issued by section 25.095, the parent with  criminal negligence fails to require the   00:02:49.120 --> 00:02:54.960 child to attend school as required by law,  and the child has absences for the amount   00:02:54.960 --> 00:03:05.440 of time specified under section 65.003 of the  Family Code, the parent commits an offense." 00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:09.680 The Texas Family Code defines  truant conduct as this: 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:17.520 Section 65.003, Truant Conduct: "A child  engages in Truant Conduct if the child is   00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:24.160 required to attend school under section  25.085 of the Education Code, and fails   00:03:24.160 --> 00:03:31.520 to attend school on 10 or more days or parts  of days within a six-month period in the same   00:03:31.520 --> 00:03:38.720 school year. Truant conduct may be prosecuted  only as a civil case in a truancy court." 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:44.400 There are many, many more laws that govern  school attendance that we just can't cover   00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:50.080 in this short session. Please contact your  child's school or truancy department for   00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:55.840 more information or clarification on  what was presented in this session. 00:03:55.840 --> 00:04:01.440 Thank you for your time. I'm Xavier  Warren and let's have a great school year.