By: Talarico, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 30
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021;
May 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.)
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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. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 19.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 19.0051. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. (a) The Windham
School District shall develop and provide an educational program
that includes the curriculum requirements for a high school diploma
under Section 28.025 or a course of instruction that prepares the
person for the high school equivalency examination to each person
confined or imprisoned in the department who is not a high school
graduate and is:
(1) younger than 18 years of age; or
(2) eligible to receive special education services
under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and younger than 22 years of age.
(b) In developing a person's educational program under
Subsection (a), the Windham School District shall consider:
(1) the duration of the person's confinement or
imprisonment;
(2) the person's current level of education;
(3) the person's educational goals and preference; and
(4) if applicable, recommendations of the person's
admission, review, and dismissal committee.
(c) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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