Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not provide information on enforcement mechanisms for the bill requirements, leaving some uncertainties in place.
Juvenile Monitoring and Counseling Act
This bill allows courts to order children accused of delinquency or unruliness to wear GPS monitoring devices and requires expelled students who threaten mass violence to undergo counseling and mental health evaluations before returning to school.
What This Bill Does
- Allows a court to order a child, if released before a hearing for being delinquent or unruly, to wear a global positioning monitoring system device.
- Requires the entity operating the GPS system to notify the probation officer or other designated person if the child violates any instructions given by the court.
- Requires expelled students who threaten mass violence on school property or at related activities to undergo counseling and mental health evaluations before returning to school.
- Specifies that the costs of these services must be paid by the student's parents or, if the student is 18 or older, by the student themselves.
Who It Names or Affects
- Children accused of delinquency or unruliness who are released before a hearing.
- Students expelled for threatening mass violence on school property or at related activities.
Terms To Know
- global positioning monitoring system device
- A device that uses satellite technology to track the location of an individual in real-time.
- zero tolerance policy
- A strict rule or policy that does not allow any exceptions for certain behaviors, such as threatening violence on school property.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify what happens if the costs of counseling and mental health evaluations are not paid by the student's parents or the student.
- It is unclear how schools will enforce compliance with the requirement for expelled students to undergo counseling and mental health evaluations.