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Texas Education Code - Section 25.0011. Certain Incarcerated Children

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§ 25.0011. CERTAIN INCARCERATED CHILDREN.  (a) For 
purposes of Section 25.001, a person is not considered to reside in 
a school district if:
		(1)  the person is incarcerated in a private juvenile 
detention facility in the district as a result of the order of a 
court in another state;  and
		(2)  the person resided in another state or country 
immediately before incarceration in the facility.
	(b)  A school district may provide educational services to a 
person described by Subsection (a) if the district is fully 
compensated for the cost of the services through payment of tuition 
for the person by the operator of the juvenile detention facility or 
other person having lawful control of the person in an amount equal 
to the actual cost of educating the person.
	(c)  For purposes of this section, "private juvenile 
detention facility" means a juvenile detention facility that is not 
operated by a governmental entity.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, § 30, eff. Sept. 1, 
1999.       

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