86R21365 TSS-D
By: Talarico H.B. No. 3015
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3015:
By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 3015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to educational programs provided by the Windham School
District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain
inmates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 19.005, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-1) and (c) to read as follows:
(a-1) Unless providing the educational program poses a
significant safety threat to instructors, the Windham School
District shall provide an educational program that includes the
required curriculum under Section 28.002 to each person confined or
imprisoned in the department who is not a high school graduate and
is:
(1) younger than 19 years of age; or
(2) if the person would be eligible to receive special
education services under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, younger than 22
years of age.
(c) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.