PRINTER'S NO. 2989
No. 221 Session of 1993
INTRODUCED BY L. I. COHEN, GEIST, TRUE, SCRIMENTI, FARGO, CLARK,
PITTS, FICHTER, ROBERTS, PETTIT, RUBLEY, TRELLO, DeLUCA,
E. Z. TAYLOR, STEIL, STURLA, ARGALL, CIVERA, SAURMAN,
CORNELL, WOGAN AND DERMODY, DECEMBER 14, 1993
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, DECEMBER 14, 1993
A RESOLUTION
1 Directing the Committee on Aging and Youth to study
2 modifications in juvenile court procedures to ensure parental
3 participation in certain school-recommended activities.
4 WHEREAS, Juvenile crime and other disruptive behaviors pose
5 particular problems for school personnel who attempt to assist
6 and educate that juvenile while balancing their obligations to
7 ensure the safety and educational opportunities of other
8 students; and
9 WHEREAS, Many experts have found that parental participation
10 in the formal education of children has a positive impact on
11 juvenile development; and
12 WHEREAS, School personnel have no effective means of securing
13 that participation from a reluctant parent; and
14 WHEREAS, School authorities should be authorized to initiate
15 proceedings in the juvenile court against a parent upon
16 documentation of repeated parental failure or refusal to
17 participate with in-school recommendations designed to resolve
1 student behavioral problems involving weapons, alcohol, drugs
2 and physical injuries to others; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives direct the
4 Committee on Aging and Youth to study the following:
5 (1) Whether the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts must
6 be amended to bring parents of disruptive students within the
7 purview of the courts.
8 (2) Whether a new classification of juveniles subject to
9 the jurisdiction of the juvenile courts should be added for
10 nondelinquent students who are not abused, neglected or in
11 need of supervision but who may, in the eyes of school
12 personnel, be in need of court intervention to ensure
13 parental participation in school-recommended programs.
14 (3) What dispositional alternatives should be made
15 available to the courts to ensure the active participation of
16 those parents.
17 (4) Such other related matters as seem appropriate to
18 the Committee on Aging and Youth;
19 and be it further
20 RESOLVED, That the Committee on Aging and Youth make a report
21 of its findings and recommendations to the House of
22 Representatives not later than December 31, 1993.
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