Texas Education Code Title 2, Chapter 26 - Parental Rights And Responsibilities

• Texas Section 26.001 - Purpose
  (a) Parents are partners with educators, administrators, and school district boards of trustees in their children's education. Parents shall be encouraged to actively participate in...
• Texas Section 26.002 - Definition
  In this chapter, "parent" includes a person standing in parental relation. The term does not include a person as to whom the parent-child relationship has...
• Texas Section 26.003 - Rights Concerning Academic Programs
  (a) A parent is entitled to: (1) petition the board of trustees designating the school in the district that the parent's child will attend, as...
• Texas Section 26.0031 - Rights Concerning State Virtual School Network
  (a) At the time and in the manner that a school district or open-enrollment charter school informs students and parents about courses that are offered...
• Texas Section 26.004 - Access To Student Records
  A parent is entitled to access to all written records of a school district concerning the parent's child, including: (1) attendance records; (2) test scores;...
• Texas Section 26.005 - Access To State Assessments
  Except as provided by Section 39.023(e), a parent is entitled to access to a copy of each state assessment instrument administered under Section 39.023 to...
• Texas Section 26.006 - Access To Teaching Materials
  (a) A parent is entitled to: (1) review all teaching materials, instructional materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the parent's child;...
• Texas Section 26.007 - Access To Board Meetings
  (a) A parent is entitled to complete access to any meeting of the board of trustees of the school district, other than a closed meeting...
• Texas Section 26.008 - Right To Full Information Concerning Student
  (a) A parent is entitled to full information regarding the school activities of a parent's child except as provided by Section 38.004. (b) An attempt...
• Texas Section 26.0081 - Right To Information Concerning Special Education And Education Of Students With Learning Difficulties
  (a) The agency shall produce and provide to school districts sufficient copies of a comprehensive, easily understood document that explains the process by which an...
• Texas Section 26.0082 - Supplemental Educational Services
  (a) In this section, "rigorous research" means research that includes: (1) a study design that employs either a randomized controlled trial or a quasi-experimental design;...
• Texas Section 26.0085 - Requests For Public Information
  (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that seeks to withhold information from a parent who has requested public information relating to the parent's...
• Texas Section 26.009 - Consent Required For Certain Activities
  (a) An employee of a school district must obtain the written consent of a child's parent before the employee may: (1) conduct a psychological examination,...
• Texas Section 26.0091 - Refusal Of Psychiatric Or Psychological Treatment Of Child As Basis Of Report Of Neglect
  (a) In this section, "psychotropic drug" has the meaning assigned by Section 261.111, Family Code. (b) An employee of a school district may not use...
• Texas Section 26.010 - Exemption From Instruction
  (a) A parent is entitled to remove the parent's child temporarily from a class or other school activity that conflicts with the parent's religious or...
• Texas Section 26.011 - Complaints
  The board of trustees of each school district shall adopt a grievance procedure under which the board shall address each complaint that the board receives...
• Texas Section 26.012 - Fee For Copies
  The agency or a school district may charge a reasonable fee in accordance with Subchapter F, Chapter 552, Government Code, for copies of materials provided...
• Texas Section 26.013 - Student Directory Information
  (a) A school district shall provide to the parent of each district student at the beginning of each school year or on enrollment of the...

Last modified: September 28, 2016