"as required by law" Where is this "as required by law" defined for the parent?

25.093. PARENT CONTRIBUTING TO NONATTENDANCE.
(a) If a warning is issued as required by
Section 25.095(a), the parent with criminal
negligence fails to require the child to
attend school as required by law, and the
child has absences for the amount of time
specified under Section 25.094, the parent
commits an offense.

Definitions of require on the Web:

necessitate: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"

ask: consider obligatory; request and expect; "We require our secretary to be on time"; "Aren't we asking too much of these children?"; "I expect my students to arrive in time for their lessons"

command: make someone do something

want: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner"

Notice the word REQUIRE appears three times in the same sentence.

If a warning is issued as required by
Section 25.095(a)

Does the State commit Criminal negligence if the School District does not issue the warning as required by law?

the parent with criminal negligence fails to
require the child to attend school

If a student is in attendance when school begins has the Parent required the student to attend classes for the day?

as required by law

Where is this required by law defined for
the parent?

required by law is defined for the child
under 25.085

§ 25.085. COMPULSORY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE.  (a) A child who
is required to attend school
under this section shall
attend school each school
day for the entire period
the program of instruction
is provided.

each school day for the entire period the program of instruction is
provided.

Of course it is intuitive and within reason to conclude (that) if the child is in attendance (by attendance record) at the beginning of the program of instruction, the parent has required the child to attend school.

The question still remains, whether the parent required the child to attend for the entire period the program of instruction is provided.

When parents drop their children off at school they tell them things like I love you, have a good day, see you this afternoon, be on time to all of your classes, what are you going to do after school, where do you want me to pick you up after school, do you have money for lunch, etc etc etc.

These are all examples of the Parent requiring the child to attend school.

It is difficult to think of something a parent would say that would NOT require the child to attend for the entire period the program of instruction is provided.

A Parent can require a child to attend just as the law requires the child to attend . That doesn't mean the child will fulfill the requirements.


A Parent obeys the Law by requiring the child to attend.