Student Handbook - Texarkana Independent School District

Rights of Parents (continued)
does not allow a child to be excused from participation in the required minute of silence or
silent activity that follows.
• Student participation in the recitation of a portion of the Declaration of Independence during
Celebrate Freedom Week. State law requires student participation in this activity unless
o Parents provide a written statement requesting that their child be excused;
o The District determines that the student has a conscientious objection to the
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recitation; or
One of the parents is a representative of a foreign government to whom the United
States government extends diplomatic immunity.
• Any non-emergency invasive physical examination or screening required as a condition of
attendance, administered and scheduled by the school in advance, and not necessary to protect
the immediate health and safety of the student. Exceptions are hearing, vision, or scoliosis
screenings or any physical exam or screening permitted or required under state law.
• Any display of your child’s artwork, special projects, photographs taken by your child, and the
like on the district’s Web site, in printed material, by video, or by any other method of mass
communication.
Psychological Examinations: The District will obtain written consent from parents before conducting any
psychological examination, test, or treatment of their child, unless the examination is part of an investigation by Child
Protective Services in response to a report of known or suspected child abuse or neglect.
Exemption from Instruction: Parents may temporarily remove their child from a class or other school activity
which conflicts with their religious or moral beliefs. The parents must provide to the child’s teacher a written
statement authorizing the removal; however, the parents are not entitled to remove their child from class or activity
to avoid taking a test or to prevent the child from taking a subject for an entire semester. The child will be required
to satisfy grade level or graduation requirements, regardless of any periods of temporary removal based on religious
or moral beliefs.
Non-custodial Parents: Non-custodial parents have the right to request a copy of any written notice usually
provided to a parent related to misconduct that may involve placement in a disciplinary alternative education program
(DAEP) or expulsion. The parent may request that the information be provided for the remainder of the school year.
The parent request must be made in writing.
School Safety Transfers: As a parent, you may:
• Request the transfer of your child to another classroom or campus if your child has been determined by the
district to have been a victim of bullying as the term is defined by Education Code 37.0832. Transportation is
not provided for a transfer to another campus.
• Consult with district administrators if your child has been determined by the district to have engaged in
bullying and the district decides to transfer your child to another campus. Transportation is not provided in
this circumstance.
• Request the transfer of your child to attend a safe public school in the district if your child attends school at a
campus identified by TEA as persistently dangerous or if your child has been a victim of a violent criminal
offense while at school or on school grounds. [See policy FDE.]
• Request the transfer of your child to another campus if your child has been the victim of a sexual assault by
another student assigned to the same campus, whether the assault occurred on or off campus, and that
student has been convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for that assault. [See policy FDE.]
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