BEAUMONT, Texas — A Beaumont mother is raising concerns after her 5-year-old son was sent home from school covered in vomit, a situation she says highlights confusion over a new state law affecting parental rights in public schools.

Camila Sanjavier said her son, Oswaldo, walked out of Sallie Curtis Elementary on Wednesday afternoon “already bawling and he [had] vomit all over him.” She said the principal told her staff could not clean him up or provide a change of clothes because she had not signed a new waiver.

According to Sanjavier, on Wednesday afternoon around 1 p.m. the nurse contacted her after her son became sick at school

“At the end of the day, it is your responsibility, and it is your duty to serve parents and children in an appropriate manner,” Sanjavier said.

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