89R5521 CJD-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 804       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to transportation to school for a child required to attend   school as a condition of probation.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 54.043, Family Code, is amended to read   as follows:          Sec. 54.043.  SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION;   MONITORING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.  (a) If the court places a child on   probation under Section 54.04(d) and requires as a condition of   probation that the child attend school:                (1)  the court shall:                      (A)  consult with:                            (i)  the child's parents;                            (ii)  school officials from the school the   child attends; and                            (iii)  the probation officer charged with   supervising the child; and                      (B)  specify in the order placing the child on   probation a plan to ensure that the child is not absent from school   due to lack of transportation; and                (2)  [,] the probation officer charged with supervising   the child shall monitor the child's school attendance and report to   the court if the child is voluntarily absent from school.          (b)  For the purposes of determining whether a child is   voluntarily absent from school under Subsection (a)(2), the   probation officer shall consider whether transportation was   reasonably available to the child on the date the absence occurred.          SECTION 2.  (a) Section 54.043(a), Family Code, as added by   this Act, applies to a probation order issued on or after the   effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the conduct for   which the child was placed on probation was committed before, on, or   after the effective date of this Act.          (b)  Section 54.043(b), Family Code, as added by this Act,   applies to a child placed on probation regardless of whether the   child was placed on probation before, on, or after the effective   date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.