Section 48260.6 Of Article 5. Truants From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 5.
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. (a) In any county which has not established a county
school attendance review board pursuant to Section 48321, the school
district may notify the district attorney or the probation officer,
or both, of the county in which the school district is located, by
first-class mail or other reasonable means, of the following if the
district attorney or the probation officer has elected to participate
in the truancy mediation program described in subdivision (d):
(1) The name of each pupil who has been classified as a truant.
(2) The name and address of the parent or guardian of each pupil
who has been classified as a truant.
(b) The school district may also notify the district attorney or
the probation officer, or both, as to whether the pupil continues to
be classified as a truant after the parents have been notified
pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48260.5.
(c) In any county which has not established a county school
attendance review board, the district attorney or the probation
officer of the county in which the school district is located may
notify the parents or guardians of every truant, by first-class mail
or other reasonable means, that they may be subject to prosecution
pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 48290) of Chapter 2 of
Part 27 for failure to compel the attendance of the pupil at school.
(d) If the district attorney or the probation officer, or both,
are notified by a school district that a child continues to be
classified as a truant after the parents or guardians have been
notified pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 48260.5, the district
attorney or the probation officer in any county which has not
established a county school attendance review board may request the
parents or guardians and the child to attend a meeting in the
district attorney's office or at the probation department pursuant to
Section 601.3 of the Welfare and Institutions Code to discuss the
possible legal consequences of the child's truancy. Notice of the
meeting shall be given pursuant to Section 601.3 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code.