Texas Education Code §11.175 school cybersecurity requirements

Requires districts to maintain a cybersecurity policy, designate a cybersecurity coordinator and report qualifying attacks or incidents, with parent notice when student information is involved.

Privacy / cybersecurity

Jurisdiction: Texas · State / DC
Policy status: Effective
Implementation phase: Current
Requirement: Required
Grades: All K-12
Audience: Districts / LEAs
Learning evidence: No student-learning claim
Instrument: Statute / enacted law

Dates & implementation

Timing not separately indexed; consult the source and scope notes.

A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.

Funding & support

Funding details not confirmed

Dedicated funding and current award availability are not established in this collection. This does not mean no funding exists.

Evidence & source location

Specific section not yet indexed. Texas School Law Bulletin — Education Code §11.175

Texas School Law Bulletin — Education Code §11.175https://tea.texas.gov/system/files/texas-school-law-bulletin-2024_0.pdf ↗

Binding governance and reporting floor; state-provided cybersecurity services are tracked separately.

Review history

Research record · review pending

Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Retrieval unresolved. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.

Source review date recorded in database: 10/3/2026

2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update.

Record ID: TX-2019-CYBER-001

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