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Bill would require juvenile courts to notify private school officials of criminal acts in writing
Summary
SB 133 would change juvenile-court practice from permissive notification to a mandatory written notice to a private school’s superintendent or principal about a criminal act; Senator Sessions presented the bill and the committee gave it a favorable report.
Senator Sessions presented SB 133 to the Senate Education Policy Committee, proposing that juvenile courts be required to notify a superintendent or principal of a private school in writing when a criminal act involving a private school student occurs.
Under current practice, the juvenile court “may” notify a private-school official; SB 133 would change that permissive language to a mandatory “shall” and require written notification. Senator Sessions described the bill as straightforward during his presentation, and a senator moved for a favorable report. The committee recorded no objections to the motion and the bill was given a favorable report as recorded in the committee proceeding.
The transcript does not include detailed discussion of the bill’s implementation mechanics, privacy safeguards, or how the requirement would interact with existing juvenile confidentiality rules; those items were not specified during the committee discussion captured in the record.
