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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for charter schools established for the |
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benefit of certain juvenile offenders. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 221.0071, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 221.0071. CHARTER SCHOOL. (a) Notwithstanding any |
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other law and in addition to the number of charters allowed under |
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Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, the commissioner of |
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education may grant a charter on the application of a detention, |
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correctional, or residential facility established only for |
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juvenile offenders under Section 51.12, 51.125, or 51.126, Family |
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Code, or an eligible entity that has entered into a contract with a |
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facility described by this subsection. |
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(b) If a local detention, correctional, or residential |
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facility described by Subsection (a) or an eligible entity that has |
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entered into a contract with a facility described by Subsection (a) |
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applies for a charter, the facility or the eligible entity must |
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provide all educational opportunities and services, including |
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special education instruction and related services, that a school |
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district is required under state or federal law to provide for |
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students residing in the district through a charter school operated |
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in accordance with and subject to Subchapter D, Chapter 12, |
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Education Code. |
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(c) The commissioner of education shall adopt a form and |
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procedure to allow a detention, correctional, or residential |
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facility described by Subsection (a) or an eligible entity that has |
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entered into a contract with a facility described by Subsection (a) |
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to apply for a charter. The application form and procedure must be |
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comparable to the applicable requirements of Section 12.110, |
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Education Code, and must include any requirements provided under |
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Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code. |
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(d) A charter school operating under a charter granted under |
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this section is entitled to receive open-enrollment charter school |
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funding under Chapter 42, Education Code, in the same manner as an |
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open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, |
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Chapter 12, Education Code. |
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(e) The commissioner of education shall adopt rules |
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necessary to implement this section, including rules that modify |
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the requirements for charter schools provided under Chapter 12, |
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Education Code, as necessary to allow a charter school to operate in |
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a detention, correctional, or residential facility described by |
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Subsection (a). |
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(f) In this section, "eligible entity" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 12.101(a), Education Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1177 passed the Senate on |
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May 11, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1177 passed the House on |
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May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |