Student/Parent Handbook - Ysleta Independent School District

CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECTActor Action CommentAny personsuspecting a child’s physical or mental healthor welfare is being adversely affected byabuse or neglectmust make a report to the Texas Departmentof Protective and Regulatory Services (CPS)and/or to local law enforcement authoritiesno later than 48 hours after the person firstsuspects the abuse or neglectmust report suspicions to the TexasDepartment of Protective and RegulatoryServices and/or to local law enforcementauthoritiesSchool employee suspects child abuse and/or neglect See 1. AboveTexas Family Law Code (261.101), anddistrict Policy FFGNeglect: Section 21.11, Penal Code1. Investigation of an incidence of childabuse/neglect is the responsibility of theTexas Department of Protective andRegulatory Services and/or by the ElPaso Police Department. Reports of childabuse or neglect and the identity of theperson making the report (261.201) areconfidential.Studentsinforms the principal or designee as soon aspossible and to the appropriate investigativeofficialsreport experiencing sexual harassmentimmediately to campus officialsSee 1. AboveSee 1. AboveAny person who makes a report in accordance with Texas law or participates in a resulting judicial proceeding ispresumed to be acting in good faith and is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might be incurred. Failure toreport suspected physical or mental abuse or neglect of a child is a Class B Misdemeanor, punishable by fine,confinement in jail or both.GANG-FREE ZONESSection 71.028 of the Texas Penal Code establishes gang-free zones which include schools, institutions of highereducation, public or private youth centers, playgrounds, shopping malls, movie theaters, public swimming pools, videoarcades, and school buses. A person 17 years of age or older who commits certain offenses (for school-relatedpurposes) in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property that is owned, rented, or leased by a school or school board oron a school bus may be assessed a punishment that is increased to the next highest category of offense (unless theoffense is already classified as a felony in the first degree). The gang-free zones apply if a person commits or conspiresto commit certain offenses with the intent to establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of acombination or as a member of a criminal street gang as specified in Section 71.02, Penal Code (organized criminalactivity). These offenses include murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated robbery, robbery, aggravated kidnapping,kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, forgery, deadly conduct, assault with bodilyinjury; unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of firearms or prohibited weapons; or any offense listed inChapter 43, Penal Code (public indecency) depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child younger than 18years of age. Section 71.01(d) of the Texas Penal Code defines a “criminal street gang” as “three or more personshaving a common identifying sign or symbol or an identifiable leadership who continuously or regularly associate in thecommission of criminal activities.”6