Texas Administrative Code
Title 40 - SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
Part 19 - DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Chapter 707 - CHILD PROTECTIVE INVESTIGATIONS
Subchapter B - SCHOOL INVESTIGATIONS
Section 707.605 - What do the following terms mean when used in this subchapter?
Universal Citation: 40 TX Admin Code ยง 707.605
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) The following terms have the following meanings when used in this subchapter:
(1)
Alleged perpetrator--A person who is alleged or suspected of being responsible
for the abuse or neglect of a child.
(2) Alleged victim--A child who is alleged to
be the victim of abuse or neglect.
(3) Child--A person under 18 years of age who
is not and has not been married or who has not had the disabilities of minority
removed for general purposes.
(4)
Preponderance of evidence--Evidence which is of greater weight or more
convincing than the evidence which is offered in opposition to it; that is,
evidence which as a whole shows that the fact sought to be proved is more
probable than not.
(5) Reporter--An
individual who makes a report to the Texas Department of Family and Protective
Services or a duly constituted law enforcement agency alleging the abuse or
neglect of a child. If more than one individual makes a report alleging abuse
or neglect of the same child, all such individuals shall have the designation
of a reporter.
(6) School personnel
and volunteers--Persons who have access to children in a school setting and are
providing services to or caring for the children. School personnel include but
are not limited to school employees, contractors, school volunteers, school bus
drivers, school cafeteria staff, school resource officers and contracted police
officers, and school custodians.
(7) School setting--The physical location of
a child's school or of an event sponsored or approved by the child's school, or
any other location where the child is in the care, custody, or control of
school personnel in their official capacity, including transportation services.
This does not include:
(A) school settings
involving only children in facilities regulated by the Texas Health and Human
Services Commission (HHSC) when HHSC contracts with the local school district
to provide education services; or
(B) school settings that are a part of child
care operations regulated by the Child Care Licensing division of
HHSC.
(b) Terms used in this division that are not defined in this division shall have the meanings assigned to those terms in Chapters 101 and 261, Texas Family Code, and in division 1 of subchapter A of this chapter (relating to Intake, Investigation, and Assessment) unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
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