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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a charter school for alleged |
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offender residents at a state school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 553, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 553.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 553.003. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHARTER SCHOOL. (a) In this |
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section, "alleged offender resident" means a person with mental |
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retardation who has been committed to or transferred to a state |
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school under Chapter 55, Family Code, or Chapter 46B or 46C, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure. |
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(b) The commissioner of education and the executive |
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commissioner of health and human services shall enter into a |
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memorandum of understanding to establish at a selected state school |
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a charter school for the education of alleged offender residents. |
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(c) Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, applies to a |
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charter school established under this section as though the school |
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were granted a charter under that subchapter. |
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(d) A charter granted under this section is not considered |
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for purposes of the limit on the number of open-enrollment charter |
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schools imposed by Section 12.101(b), Education Code. |
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SECTION 2. The commissioner of education and the executive |
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commissioner of health and human services shall adopt the |
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memorandum of understanding required by Section 553.003, Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later than October 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |