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Juvenile Habeas .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
The Disposition ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Sanction Levels ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 46
Disposition Eligibility Chart...................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Informal Disposition .................................................................................................................................................................................... 47
Deferred Prosecution ................................................................................................................................................................................... 48
Judicial Probation .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 49
Intensive Supervision Probation .............................................................................................................................................................. 49
Institutionalization at the Community Level ...................................................................................................................................... 50
Indeterminate Sentence with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department ........................................................................................ 50
Determinate Sentence with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department ........................................................................................... 51
Calculating Minimum Period of Confinement for Determinate Commitment Youth ................................................... 53
Transfer to Adult Court .............................................................................................................................................................................. 54
Other Consequences .................................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Alternatives to TJJD ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Law Enforcement and Schools ...................................................................................................................................................................... 57
Types of School-based Police Officers ................................................................................................................................................... 57
Miranda Warning and Students’ Rights at School. ............................................................................................................................ 58
Searches of Children in School ................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Students’ Fourth Amendment Right .................................................................................................................................................. 58
When Searches can happen ................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Class C Misdemeanor Citations and Complaints .............................................................................................................................. 60
Implications for Student Offenses ........................................................................................................................................................... 60
Children Younger Than 12 Years of Age, Disorderly Conduct ............................................................................................... 61
Truancy Under the Texas Education Code ..................................................................................................................................... 61
Non-criminal School Discipline ......................................................................................................................................................... 61
Resources for Help ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 62
Appendix A. Landmark Supreme Court Decisions ............................................................................................................................... 63
