By: Hughes, et al. S.B. No. 1177     (Koop)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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.