Committee advances bill to notify school leaders if student faces capital-offense delinquency

The Judiciary Committee gave a favorable report to a bill carried by Senator Sessions that would require notification of a school superintendent or principal when a student has been delinquent in committing specified criminal offenses, including certain capital offenses.

Senator Weaver (handling the item on behalf of Senator Sessions) said the bill duplicates a measure passed last year and described it as creating awareness for school administrators. The committee recorded a motion for a favorable report (moved by Senator Bill, seconded by Senator Barfoot) with no recorded opposition.

The transcript contains no statutory citations or implementation details about how school districts would be notified; committee members did not debate the bill at length during this session.