Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 221.0071 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHARTER SCHOOL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 48, 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Redesignated and amended from Human Resources Code, Subchapter C, Chapter 141 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 85 (S.B. 653), Sec. 1.004, eff. September 1, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1140 (S.B. 2), Sec. 44, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 1177), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 943 (H.B. 3), Sec. 3.084, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.221.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code ch. 12CHARTERSPrinted as Chapter 12, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code ch. 12, subch. DOPEN-ENROLLMENT CHARTER SCHOOLPrinted as Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.101AUTHORIZATION.Printed as Section 12.101(a), Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 12.110APPLICATION.Printed as Section 12.110, Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code ch. 48FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAMPrinted as Chapter 48, Education Code
Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 51.12PLACE AND CONDITIONS OF DETENTION.Printed as Section 51.12, 51.125, or 51.126, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 51.125POST-ADJUDICATION CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.Printed as Section 51.12, 51.125, or 51.126, Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 51.126NONSECURE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.Printed as Section 51.12, 51.125, or 51.126, Family Code
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