Bill Text: TX SB1177 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for charter schools established for the benefit of certain juvenile offenders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1177 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1177-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1177 | ||
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| relating to requirements for charter schools established for the | ||
| benefit of certain juvenile offenders. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 221.0071, Human Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 221.0071. CHARTER SCHOOL. (a) Notwithstanding any | ||
| other law and in addition to the number of charters allowed under | ||
| Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, the commissioner of | ||
| education may grant a charter on the application of a detention, | ||
| correctional, or residential facility established only for | ||
| juvenile offenders under Section 51.12, 51.125, or 51.126, Family | ||
| Code, or an eligible entity that has entered into a contract with a | ||
| facility described by this subsection. | ||
| (b) If a local detention, correctional, or residential | ||
| facility described by Subsection (a) or an eligible entity that has | ||
| entered into a contract with a facility described by Subsection (a) | ||
| applies for a charter, the facility or the eligible entity must | ||
| provide all educational opportunities and services, including | ||
| special education instruction and related services, that a school | ||
| district is required under state or federal law to provide for | ||
| students residing in the district through a charter school operated | ||
| in accordance with and subject to Subchapter D, Chapter 12, | ||
| Education Code. | ||
| (c) The commissioner of education shall adopt a form and | ||
| procedure to allow a detention, correctional, or residential | ||
| facility described by Subsection (a) or an eligible entity that has | ||
| entered into a contract with a facility described by Subsection (a) | ||
| to apply for a charter. The application form and procedure must be | ||
| comparable to the applicable requirements of Section 12.110, | ||
| Education Code, and must include any requirements provided under | ||
| Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code. | ||
| (d) A charter school operating under a charter granted under | ||
| this section is entitled to receive open-enrollment charter school | ||
| funding under Chapter 42, Education Code, in the same manner as an | ||
| open-enrollment charter school operating under Subchapter D, | ||
| Chapter 12, Education Code. | ||
| (e) The commissioner of education shall adopt rules | ||
| necessary to implement this section, including rules that modify | ||
| the requirements for charter schools provided under Chapter 12, | ||
| Education Code, as necessary to allow a charter school to operate in | ||
| a detention, correctional, or residential facility described by | ||
| Subsection (a). | ||
| (f) In this section, "eligible entity" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 12.101(a), Education Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1177 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 11, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1177 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
