Tex. Education Code § 37.0012

(a) A single person at each campus must be designated to serve as the campus behavior coordinator. The person designated may be the principal of the campus or any other campus administrator selected by the principal.

(a-1) Additional school staff members may assist the campus behavior coordinator in the performance of the campus behavior coordinator's duties, provided that the campus behavior coordinator personally verifies that all aspects of this subchapter are appropriately implemented.

(b) The campus behavior coordinator is primarily responsible for maintaining student discipline and the implementation of this subchapter.

(b-1) The campus behavior coordinator shall:

(1) monitor disciplinary referrals;

(2) report to the campus's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team established under Section 37.115 any student who engages in conduct that contains the elements of:

(A) the offense of terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal Code;

(B) the offense of unlawfully carrying weapons under Section 46.02, Penal Code;

(C) an offense relating to prohibited weapons under Section 46.05, Penal Code; or

(D) the offense of exhibiting, using, or threatening to exhibit or use a firearm under Section 37.125 of this code; and

(3) report to the campus's threat assessment and safe and supportive school team established under Section 37.115 any concerning student behaviors or behavioral trends that may pose a serious risk of violence to the student or others.

(c) Except as provided by this chapter, the specific duties of the campus behavior coordinator may be established by campus or district policy. Unless otherwise provided by campus or district policy:

(1) a duty imposed on a campus principal or other campus administrator under this subchapter shall be performed by the campus behavior coordinator; and

(2) a power granted to a campus principal or other campus administrator under this subchapter may be exercised by the campus behavior coordinator.

(d) The campus behavior coordinator shall promptly notify a student's parent or guardian as provided by this subsection if under this subchapter the student is placed into in-school or out-of-school suspension, placed in a disciplinary alternative education program, expelled, or placed in a juvenile justice alternative education program or is taken into custody by a law enforcement officer. A campus behavior coordinator must comply with this subsection by:

(1) promptly contacting the parent or guardian by telephone or in person; and

(2) making a good faith effort to provide written notice of the disciplinary action to the student, on the day the action is taken, for delivery to the student's parent or guardian.

(e) If a parent or guardian entitled to notice under Subsection (d) has not been reached by telephone or in person by 5 p.m. of the first business day after the day the disciplinary action is taken, a campus behavior coordinator shall mail written notice of the action to the parent or guardian at the parent's or guardian's last known address.

(f) If a campus behavior coordinator is unable or not available to promptly provide notice under Subsection (d), the principal or other designee shall provide the notice.