§700.402 Amend The rule has been amended to: (1) clarify which terms and definitions only apply to school investigations and which terms and definitions apply to school investigations as well as investigations that are not conducted in a school setting; (2) clarify that school personnel and volunteers are persons who have access to children in a school setting and are providing services to or caring for the children; (3) clarify that a school setting for purposes of a Child Protective Services school investigation does not include school settings involving only children in facilities of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and the Texas Department of State health Services when the facility contracts with the local school district to provide educational services and does not include school settings that are a part of childcare operations regulated by the Child Care Licensing division of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS); (4) add the definition of an alleged victim; and (5) update the definition of a reporter as the person who makes a report of child abuse or neglect to DFPS or a law enforcement agency . Other non-substantive edits were made, including updating the rule to a question and answer format; deleting terms and definitions that are already defined in Subchapter E of this chapter; and reorganizing the structure of the rule.
§700.402 Amend The rule has been amended to: (1) clarify which terms and definitions only apply to school investigations and which terms and definitions apply to school investigations as well as investigations that are not conducted in a school setting; (2) clarify that school personnel and volunteers are persons who have access to children in a school setting and are providing services to or caring for the children; (3) clarify that a school setting for purposes of a Child Protective Services school investigation does not include school settings involving only children in facilities of the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and the Texas Department of State health Services when the facility contracts with the local school district to provide educational services and does not include school settings that are a part of childcare operations regulated by the Child Care Licensing division of the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS); (4) add the definition of an alleged victim; and (5) update the definition of a reporter as the person who makes a report of child abuse or neglect to DFPS or a law enforcement agency . Other non-substantive edits were made, including updating the rule to a question and answer format; deleting terms and definitions that are already defined in Subchapter E of this chapter; and reorganizing the structure of the rule.