SCOPE Act

Texas House Bill No. 18, the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act, also known as the SCOPE Act was approved June, 2023. The SCOPE Act requires covered digital service providers to provide minors with certain data protections, prevent minors from accessing harmful content, and give parents tools to manage their child’s use of the service.  

Relevant to Texas school districts, the bill specifically relates to the protection of minors from harmful, deceptive, or unfair trade practices in connection with the use of certain digital services and electronic devices, including the use and transfer of electronic devices to students by a public school.