Bill Text: TX SB242 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the right of a child's parent to public school records and information concerning the child.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Education [SB242 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB242-Introduced.html
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By: Burton | S.B. No. 242 |
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relating to the right of a child's parent to public school records | ||
and information concerning the child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 26.004, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 26.004. ACCESS TO STUDENT RECORDS AND RIGHT TO FULL | ||
INFORMATION CONCERNING STUDENT. (a) A parent is entitled to: | ||
(1) access to all written records of a school district | ||
concerning the parent's child, including: | ||
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(K) other records relating to the child's general | ||
physical, psychological, or emotional well-being; and | ||
(2) except as provided by Section 38.004, full | ||
information regarding the school activities of the parent's child | ||
and disclosure of any general knowledge regarding the parent's | ||
child possessed by an employee of a school district, including | ||
general knowledge that relates to any of the categories of | ||
information addressed in Subdivision (1). | ||
(b) An attempt by an employee of a school district to | ||
conceal or withhold, or to encourage or coerce a child to withhold, | ||
information or general knowledge concerning the child from the | ||
child's parent is grounds for discipline under Section 21.104, | ||
21.156, or 21.211, as applicable. | ||
(c) A request by a child to an employee of a school district | ||
to conceal or withhold information or general knowledge concerning | ||
the child from the child's parent is not a defense to any | ||
disciplinary action taken against the employee under Subsection | ||
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(d) A school district may not adopt or enforce any rule that | ||
conflicts with this section. | ||
(e) For purposes of this section, "general knowledge" means | ||
personal, direct, or incidental knowledge. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 26.008, Education Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |