Amend SB 517 as follows:
      SECTION 1.  On page 2, line 3, add a subsection (f).
      (f)  Any county department of education operating in a county
with a population of 2.4 million or more under the authority of
Section 11.301 of the Education Code and the former Chapters
referenced therein shall be responsible for providing
transportation to and from the juvenile justice alternative
education program for each student attending the program.  Except
as otherwise specifically set out in the Education Code, any entity
providing transportation services to students admitted to a
juvenile justice alternative education program shall be subject to
the requirements and duties, and shall have the powers set out in
Chapter 34 of the Education Code.