Legal Question in Constitutional Law in Texas

Re: abuse of authority ?

This was probably a custodial interrogation and needs to be addressed. Contact local counsel.

According to quick research, the courts look at a variety of factors in deciding whether on-campus interrogation is appropriate without any notification to parents. I found nothing that suggested that YOUNG children can be interrogated, but there seems to be a cutoff around 16 years old where it's touch and go.

The problem is that there's no way of knowing when a child is being abused at home, and may need to talk about that.

In the interests of protecting kids, most states don't have a hard and fast rule requiring that parents be present in on-campus interrogations. It's a different story if the child is either arrested or the interrogation is outside of the school context.