Tex. Educ. Code § 37.054 · Subchapter B. SCHOOL-COMMUNITY GUIDANCE CENTERS
PARENTAL NOTICE, CONSENT, AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Before a student is admitted to a school-community guidance center, the administrator of the center must notify the student's parent or guardian that the student has been assigned to attend the center.
(b) The notification must include:
(1) the reason that the student has been assigned to the center;
(2) a statement that on request the parent or guardian is entitled to be fully informed in writing of any treatment method or testing program involving the student; and
(3) a statement that the parent or guardian may request to be advised and to give written, signed consent for any psychological testing or treatment involving the student.
(c) If, after notification, a parent refuses to consent to testing or treatment of the student, the center may not provide any further psychological treatment or testing.
(d) A parent or guardian of a student attending a center is entitled to inspect:
(1) any instructional or guidance material to be used by the student, including teachers' manuals, tapes, and films; and
(2) the results of any treatment, testing, or guidance method involving the student.
(e) The administrator of the center may set a schedule for inspection of materials that allows reasonable access but does not interfere with the conduct of classes or business activities of the school.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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