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TX Educ Code § 26.0085 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.0085. Requests for Public Information

Sec. 26.0085.  REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.  (a)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school that seeks to withhold information from a parent who has requested public information relating to the parent's child under Chapter 552, Government Code, and that files suit as described by Section 552.324, Government Code, to challenge a decision by the attorney general issued under Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code, must bring the suit not later than the 30th calendar day after the date the school district or open-enrollment charter school receives the decision of the attorney general being challenged.(b)  A court shall grant a suit described by Subsection (a) precedence over other pending matters to ensure prompt resolution of the subject matter of the suit.(c)  Notwithstanding any other law, a school district or open-enrollment charter school may not appeal the decision of a court in a suit filed under Subsection (a).  This subsection does not affect the right of a parent to appeal the decision.(d)  If the school district or open-enrollment charter school does not bring suit within the period established by Subsection (a), the school district or open-enrollment charter school shall comply with the decision of the attorney general.(e)  A school district or open-enrollment charter school that receives a request from a parent for public information relating to the parent's child shall comply with Chapter 552, Government Code.  If an earlier deadline for bringing suit is established under Chapter 552, Government Code, Subsection (a) does not apply.  This section does not affect the earlier deadline for purposes of Section 532.353(b)(3) for a suit brought by an officer for public information.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1335, Sec. 8, eff. June 19, 1999.|
TX Educ Code § 26.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.009. Consent Required for Certain Activities

Sec. 26.009.  CONSENT REQUIRED FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.  (a)  An employee of a school district must obtain the written consent of a child's parent before the employee may:(1)  conduct a psychological examination, test, or treatment, unless the examination, test, or treatment is required under Section 38.004 or state or federal law regarding requirements for special education;  or(2)  make or authorize the making of a videotape of a child or record or authorize the recording of a child's voice.(b)  An employee of a school district is not required to obtain the consent of a child's parent before the employee may make a videotape of a child or authorize the recording of a child's voice if the videotape or voice recording is to be used only for:(1)  purposes of safety, including the maintenance of order and discipline in common areas of the school or on school buses;(2)  a purpose related to a cocurricular or extracurricular activity;(3)  a purpose related to regular classroom instruction;(4)  media coverage of the school; or(5)  a purpose related to the promotion of student safety under Section 29.022.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1175, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1147 (S.B. 507), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 26.0091 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.0091. Refusal of Psychiatric or Psychological Treatment of Child as Basis of Report of Neglect

Sec. 26.0091.  REFUSAL OF PSYCHIATRIC OR PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF CHILD AS BASIS OF REPORT OF NEGLECT.  (a)  In this section, "psychotropic drug" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.111, Family Code.(b)  An employee of a school district may not use or threaten to use the refusal of a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator of a child to administer or consent to the administration of a psychotropic drug to the child, or to consent to any other psychiatric or psychological testing or treatment of the child, as the sole basis for making a report of neglect of the child under Subchapter B, Chapter 261, Family Code, unless the employee has cause to believe that the refusal:(1)  presents a substantial risk of death, disfigurement, or bodily injury to the child;  or(2)  has resulted in an observable and material impairment to the growth, development, or functioning of the child.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 26.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.010. Exemption From Instruction

Sec. 26.010.  EXEMPTION FROM INSTRUCTION.  (a)  A parent is entitled to remove the parent's child temporarily from a class or other school activity that conflicts with the parent's religious or moral beliefs if the parent presents or delivers to the teacher of the parent's child a written statement authorizing the removal of the child from the class or other school activity.  A parent is not entitled to remove the parent's child from a class or other school activity to avoid a test or to prevent the child from taking a subject for an entire semester.(b)  This section does not exempt a child from satisfying grade level or graduation requirements in a manner acceptable to the school district and the agency.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 26.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.011. Complaints

Sec. 26.011.  COMPLAINTS.  (a)  The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a grievance procedure under which the board shall address each complaint that the board receives concerning violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter.(b)  The board of trustees of a school district is not required by Subsection (a) or Section 11.1511(b)(13) to address a complaint that the board receives concerning a student's participation in an extracurricular activity that does not involve a violation of a right guaranteed by this chapter.  This subsection does not affect a claim brought by a parent under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1400 et seq.) or a successor federal statute addressing special education services for a child with a disability.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 925 (S.B. 1566), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 26.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.012. Fee for Copies

Sec. 26.012.  FEE FOR COPIES.  The agency or a school district may charge a reasonable fee in accordance with Subchapter F, Chapter 552, Government Code, for copies of materials provided to a parent under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 26.0125 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.0125. Parent Contact Information Required

Sec. 26.0125.  PARENT CONTACT INFORMATION REQUIRED.  The parent of a student enrolled in a school district shall provide in writing to the district:(1)  on enrollment of the student in the district and not later than two weeks after the beginning of each school year, the parent's address, phone number, and e-mail address; and(2)  if the parent's contact information changes during the school year, not later than two weeks after the date the information changes, the parent's updated information.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 581 (S.B. 746), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 26.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 26 - Parental Rights and Responsibilities|Section 26.015. Posting of Information Regarding Administrator Responsible for Student Discipline

Sec. 26.015.  POSTING OF INFORMATION REGARDING ADMINISTRATOR RESPONSIBLE FOR STUDENT DISCIPLINE.  A school district shall post on the district's Internet website, for each district campus, the e-mail address and dedicated telephone number of a person clearly identified as:(1)  the campus behavior coordinator designated under Section 37.0012; or(2)  if the district has been designated as a district of innovation under Chapter 12A and is exempt from the requirement to designate a campus behavior coordinator under Section 37.0012 under the district's local innovation plan, a campus administrator designated as being responsible for student discipline.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 265 (S.B. 1306), Sec. 1, eff. May 28, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 27.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 27 - Learning Pods|Section 27.001. Definitions

Sec. 27.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Child-care facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code.(2)  "Learning pod" means a group of children who, based on the voluntary association of the children's parents, meet together at various times and places to participate in or enhance the children's primary or secondary academic studies, including participation in an activity or service provided to the children in exchange for payment.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 1955), Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 27.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle E - Students and Parents|Chapter 27 - Learning Pods|Section 27.002. Exemption From Local Government Regulations

Sec. 27.002.  EXEMPTION FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS.  (a)  Notwithstanding other law:(1)  a learning pod is exempt from any ordinance, rule, regulation, policy, or guideline adopted by a local governmental entity that applies to a school district campus or child-care facility, including any requirements regarding staff-to-child ratios, staff certification, background checks, physical accommodations, or building or fire codes; and(2)  any group, building, or facility associated with or used by a learning pod is exempt from any ordinance, rule, regulation, policy, or guideline adopted by a local governmental entity that would not apply to the group, building, or facility if it was not associated with or used by a learning pod.(b)  An employee, contractor, or agent of a school district or other local governmental entity may not initiate or conduct a site inspection of, investigation of, or visit to a location in which a learning pod meets if the district or entity would not have initiated or conducted the inspection, investigation, or visit if the learning pod did not meet at that location.(c)  A school district may not take action against, deny any benefit to, discriminate in any manner against, or otherwise distinguish any child or child's parent on the basis of the child's participation in a learning pod.(d)  A school district or other local governmental entity may not require:(1)  a learning pod to be registered with the district or entity; or(2)  a person participating in a learning pod to report to the district or entity information regarding the learning pod's existence or operation.(e)  This section may not be construed to alter or affect:(1)  a parent's right to choose a home-school setting for the parent's child; or(2)  the regulation of a child-care facility.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 442 (S.B. 1955), Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 2021.|
TX Educ Code § 34.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.001. Purchase of Motor Vehicles

Sec. 34.001.  PURCHASE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.  (a)  A school district may purchase school motor vehicles through the comptroller or through competitive bidding under Subchapter B, Chapter 44.(b)  The comptroller may adopt rules as necessary to implement Subsection (a).  Before adopting a rule under this subsection, the comptroller must conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed rule regardless of whether the requirements of Section 2001.029(b), Government Code, are met.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.83, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Educ Code § 34.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.002. Safety Standards

Sec. 34.002.  SAFETY STANDARDS.  (a)  The Department of Public Safety, with the advice of the Texas Education Agency, shall establish safety standards for school buses used to transport students in accordance with Section 34.003.(b)  Each school district shall meet or exceed the safety standards for school buses established under Subsection (a).(c)  A school district that fails or refuses to meet the safety standards for school buses established under this section is ineligible to share in the transportation allotment under Section 48.151 until the first anniversary of the date the district begins complying with the safety standards.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1438, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 309, Sec. 9.01, eff. June 18, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.040, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Educ Code § 34.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.003. Operation of School Buses

Sec. 34.003.  OPERATION OF SCHOOL BUSES.  (a)  School buses or mass transit authority motor buses shall be used for the transportation of students to and from schools on routes having 10 or more students.  On those routes having fewer than 10 students, passenger cars may be used for the transportation of students to and from school.(b)  To transport students in connection with school activities other than on routes to and from school:(1)  only school buses or motor buses may be used to transport 15 or more students in any one vehicle;  and(2)  passenger cars or passenger vans may be used to transport fewer than 15 students.(c)  In all circumstances in which passenger cars or passenger vans are used to transport students, the operator of the vehicle shall ensure that the number of passengers in the vehicle does not exceed the designed capacity of the vehicle and that each passenger is secured by a safety belt.(d)  In this section, "passenger van" means a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or passenger car, used to transport persons and designed to transport 15 or fewer passengers, including the driver.(e)  "Motor bus" means a vehicle designed to transport more than 15 passengers, including the driver.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1029, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1438, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 34.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.004. Standing Children

Sec. 34.004.  STANDING CHILDREN.  A school district may not require or allow a child to stand on a school bus or passenger van that is in motion.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1029, Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 1997.|
TX Educ Code § 34.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.005. Financing

Sec. 34.005.  FINANCING.  (a)  A school district financially unable to immediately pay for a school motor vehicle, including a bus, bus body, or bus chassis, the district purchases may, as prescribed by this section, issue interest-bearing time warrants in amounts sufficient to make the purchase.(b)  The warrants must mature in serial installments not later than the fifth anniversary of the date of issue and bear interest at a rate not to exceed the maximum rate provided by Section 1204.006, Government Code. The warrants shall be issued and sold at not less than their face value.(c)  The proceeds of the sale of the warrants shall be used to provide the funds required for the purchase.(d)  The warrants, on maturity and in the order of their maturity dates, are payable out of any available funds of the school district and, as they become due, are entitled to first and prior payment out of those funds.(e)  Full records of all warrants issued and sold shall be kept by the school district.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.205, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Educ Code § 34.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.006. Sale of Buses

Sec. 34.006.  SALE OF BUSES.  (a)  At the request of a school district, the comptroller shall dispose of a school bus.(b)  A school district is not required to dispose of a school bus through the comptroller.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.84, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Educ Code § 34.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.008. Contract With Transit Authority, Commercial Transportation Company, or Juvenile Board

Sec. 34.008.  CONTRACT WITH TRANSIT AUTHORITY, COMMERCIAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, OR JUVENILE BOARD.  (a)  A board of county school trustees or school district board of trustees may contract with a mass transit authority, commercial transportation company, or juvenile board for all or any part of a district's public school transportation if the authority, company, or board:(1)  requires its school bus drivers to have the qualifications required by and to be certified in accordance with standards established by the Department of Public Safety;  and(2)  uses only those school buses or mass transit authority buses in transporting 15 or more public school students that meet or exceed safety standards for school buses established under Section 34.002.(b)  This section does not prohibit the county or school district board from supplementing the state transportation cost allotment with local funds necessary to provide complete transportation services.(c)  A mass transit authority contracting under this section for daily transportation of pre-primary, primary, or secondary students to or from school shall conduct, in a manner and on a schedule approved by the county or district school board, the following education programs:(1)  a program to inform the public that public school students will be riding on the authority's or company's buses;(2)  a program to educate the drivers of the buses to be used under the contract of the special needs and problems of public school students riding on the buses;  and(3)  a program to educate public school students on bus riding safety and any special considerations arising from the use of the authority's or company's buses.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1438, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 449 (H.B. 273), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 449 (H.B. 273), Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 2007.|
TX Educ Code § 34.010 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.010. Use of School Buses for Extracurricular and Other School-Related Activities

Sec. 34.010.  USE OF SCHOOL BUSES FOR EXTRACURRICULAR AND OTHER SCHOOL-RELATED ACTIVITIES.  (a)  A school district board of trustees or board of county school trustees governing a countywide transportation system may contract with nonschool organizations for the use of school buses.  The county or school district board may provide services relating to the maintenance and operation of the buses in accordance with the contract.(b)  The commissioner shall ensure that the costs of using school buses for a purpose other than the transportation of students to or from school, including transportation for an extracurricular activity or field trip or of members of an organization other than a school organization, are properly identified in the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS).|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 34.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.011. Appeals

Sec. 34.011.  APPEALS.  A policy decision of a board of county school trustees or board of trustees of a school district affecting transportation is final and may not be appealed.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.|
TX Educ Code § 34.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.012. Three-Point Seat Belt Instruction; Information Clearinghouse

Sec. 34.012.  THREE-POINT SEAT BELT INSTRUCTION; INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE.  (a)  The State Board of Education shall develop and make available to each school district a program of instruction in the proper use of a three-point seat belt.(b)  The State Board of Education shall serve as a clearinghouse of best practices for school districts seeking the most efficient and sensible information regarding school bus safety, including possible compliance with Section 547.701, Transportation Code, using school buses originally purchased without seat belts.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 259 (H.B. 323), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Educ Code § 34.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 2 - Public Education|Subtitle F - Curriculum, Programs, and Services|Chapter 34 - Transportation|Section 34.013. Bus Seat Belt Policy

Sec. 34.013.  BUS SEAT BELT POLICY.  A school district shall require a student riding a bus operated by or contracted for operation by the district to wear a seat belt if the bus is equipped with seat belts for all passengers on the bus.  A school district may implement a disciplinary policy to enforce the use of seat belts by students.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 259 (H.B. 323), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.|