Tex. Family Code § 261.406
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 261.406, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 261.406. INVESTIGATIONS IN SCHOOLS.
Official statutory text
(a) On receipt of a report of alleged or suspected abuse or neglect of a child in a public or private school, the department shall perform an investigation as provided by this chapter.
(b) The department shall send a copy of the completed report of the department's investigation to the Texas Education Agency or, in the case of a private school, the school's chief executive officer. On request, the department shall provide a copy of the completed report of the department's investigation to the State Board for Educator Certification, the local school board or the school's governing body, the superintendent of the school district, the public school principal or director, or the chief executive officer of the private school, unless the principal, director, or chief executive officer is alleged to have committed the abuse or neglect, for appropriate action. On request, the department shall provide a copy of the report of investigation to the parent, managing conservator, or legal guardian of a child who is the subject of the investigation and to the person alleged to have committed the abuse or neglect. The report of investigation shall be edited to protect the identity of the persons who made the report of abuse or neglect unless the Texas Education Agency or State Board for Educator Certification requests the identity of the persons who made the report under Section 261.101(d)(3). Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, Section 261.201(b) applies to the release of the report relating to the investigation of abuse or neglect under this section and to the identity of the person who made the report of abuse or neglect.
(c) Nothing in this section may prevent a law enforcement agency from conducting an investigation of a report made under this section.
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
(b) The department shall send a copy of the completed report of the department's investigation to the Texas Education Agency or, in the case of a private school, the school's chief executive officer. On request, the department shall provide a copy of the completed report of the department's investigation to the State Board for Educator Certification, the local school board or the school's governing body, the superintendent of the school district, the public school principal or director, or the chief executive officer of the private school, unless the principal, director, or chief executive officer is alleged to have committed the abuse or neglect, for appropriate action. On request, the department shall provide a copy of the report of investigation to the parent, managing conservator, or legal guardian of a child who is the subject of the investigation and to the person alleged to have committed the abuse or neglect. The report of investigation shall be edited to protect the identity of the persons who made the report of abuse or neglect unless the Texas Education Agency or State Board for Educator Certification requests the identity of the persons who made the report under Section 261.101(d)(3). Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, Section 261.201(b) applies to the release of the report relating to the investigation of abuse or neglect under this section and to the identity of the person who made the report of abuse or neglect.
(c) Nothing in this section may prevent a law enforcement agency from conducting an investigation of a report made under this section.
(d) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.
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