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 707.615 - Which school personnel must we notify prior to initiating a school investigation?

(a) Prior to conducting an investigation under this subchapter, we must notify the school principal (or the principal's supervisor if the school principal is an alleged perpetrator) of the fact that a report has been assigned for investigation, the nature of the allegations contained in the report, and the date and time we plan to visit the school campus to begin the investigation.

(b) We must also orally notify the superintendent of the school district about the investigation. If the alleged perpetrator is an employee of a charter school, we must orally notify the director of the charter school of the investigation. If the alleged perpetrator is an employee of a private school, we must orally notify the chief executive officer of the private school of the investigation. If the superintendent, director, or chief executive officer is the alleged perpetrator, we must instead orally notify the president of the school board or other local governing body.

(c) We must request that the school personnel notified of the investigation as provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section not alert the alleged perpetrator or others regarding the report until we have had an opportunity to interview the alleged perpetrator.