Tex. Educ. Code § 37.016 · Subchapter A. ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS FOR BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT
REPORT OF DRUG OFFENSES; LIABILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A teacher, school administrator, or school employee is not liable in civil damages for reporting to a school administrator or governmental authority, in the exercise of professional judgment within the scope of the teacher's, administrator's, or employee's duties, a student whom the teacher suspects of using, passing, or selling, on school property:
(1) marihuana or a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;
(2) a dangerous drug, as defined by Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code;
(3) an abusable glue or aerosol paint, as defined by Chapter 485, Health and Safety Code, or a volatile chemical, as listed in Chapter 484, Health and Safety Code, if the substance is used or sold for the purpose of inhaling its fumes or vapors; or
(4) an alcoholic beverage, as defined by Section 1.04, Alcoholic Beverage Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.37.htm
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Alcoholic Beverage Code
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 481TEXAS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACTPrinted as Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 483DANGEROUS DRUGSPrinted as Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 484ABUSABLE SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCESPrinted as Chapter 484, Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 485ABUSABLE VOLATILE CHEMICALSPrinted as Chapter 485, Health and Safety Code
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