Public elementary schools in Texas are required to notify parents within five days if a student in their child’s class has head lice.
The state law, implemented in September 2017, requires schools to send home the notice to the parents and may not identify the child with head lice.
The notice must include recommendations to treat and prevent head lice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The law, Senate Bill 1566 (p 12-13), requires schools to notify parents of the affected child within 48 hours once a nurse or administrator determines or becomes aware that the child has head lice.
Here is a link to current Texas law on lice notification. Link Here (p 12-13)
Here is a link to the article in KHOU 11: New Texas Law – Head Lice Outbreaks must be reported to parents
Additional Materials:
Texas Department of State Health Services – Managing Head Lice in School Settings and at Home
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Head Lice
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