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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 by adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: |
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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) to apply for a charter. The |
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application form and procedure must be comparable to the applicable |
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requirements of Section 12.110, 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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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |