With the 2025-26 school year well underway, San Antonio area school districts have taken inconsistent approaches complying with a new state mandate requiring schools to get parental consent for most student health services.

The mandate for new parental consent forms is only a small bite of a much larger piece of Republican-led legislation championing parental rights, and it’s caused confusion among school employees who provide students health services.

Passed during the 89th Legislative Session, Senate Bill 12 went into effect as soon as it was signed into law in June, giving school districts less time to implement the new mandates. The law bans diversity, equity and inclusion practices, instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity and LGBTQ+ student clubs.

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