Section 48263.5 Of Article 5. Truants From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 5.
48263.5
. (a) In any county which has established a county school
attendance review board pursuant to Section 48321, the school
attendance review board may notify the district attorney or the
probation officer, or both, of the county in which the school
district is located, or the probation officer may notify the district
attorney, 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 (b):
(1) The name of each pupil who has been classified as a truant and
concerning whom the school attendance review board or the probation
officer has determined:
(A) That available community services cannot resolve the truancy
or insubordination problem.
(B) That the pupil or the parents or guardians of the pupil, or
both, have failed to respond to directives of the school attendance
review board or probation officer or to services provided.
(2) The name and address of the parent or guardian of each pupil
described in paragraph (1).
(b) Upon receipt of notification provided pursuant to subdivision
(a), the district attorney or the probation officer may notify the
parents or guardians of each pupil concerning whom notification has
been received, 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. The district attorney or the
probation officer may also 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.