Truancy Bill Killed In Committee

HB 1004 which would have made truancy a crime was killed in the House Judiciary today when it failed to get a second when asked to send it to the floor. Great testimony from CCJRC, CPC, Padres Unidos, and La Acadamia to name a few.

HB 1004 -Allows a uniformed law enforcement officer who has probable
cause to believe that a child is truant to take the child into temporary
custody for the purpose of returning the child to school authorities....