| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 30 |
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| 1 | + | By: Talarico, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 30 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2021; |
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| 3 | + | May 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | + | Justice; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | + | Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to educational programs provided by the Windham School |
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| 6 | 12 | | District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain |
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| 7 | 13 | | inmates. |
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| 8 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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| 10 | 16 | | Section 19.0051 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 17 | | Sec. 19.0051. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. (a) The Windham |
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| 12 | 18 | | School District shall develop and provide an educational program |
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| 13 | 19 | | that includes the curriculum requirements for a high school diploma |
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| 14 | 20 | | under Section 28.025 or a course of instruction that prepares the |
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| 15 | 21 | | person for the high school equivalency examination to each person |
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| 16 | 22 | | confined or imprisoned in the department who is not a high school |
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| 17 | 23 | | graduate and is: |
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| 18 | 24 | | (1) younger than 18 years of age; or |
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| 19 | 25 | | (2) eligible to receive special education services |
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| 20 | 26 | | under Subchapter A, Chapter 29, and younger than 22 years of age. |
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| 21 | 27 | | (b) In developing a person's educational program under |
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| 22 | 28 | | Subsection (a), the Windham School District shall consider: |
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| 23 | 29 | | (1) the duration of the person's confinement or |
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| 24 | 30 | | imprisonment; |
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| 25 | 31 | | (2) the person's current level of education; |
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| 26 | 32 | | (3) the person's educational goals and preference; and |
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| 27 | 33 | | (4) if applicable, recommendations of the person's |
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| 28 | 34 | | admission, review, and dismissal committee. |
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| 29 | 35 | | (c) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement this |
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| 30 | 36 | | section. |
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| 31 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 32 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 33 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 34 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the House on May 4, |
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| 35 | | - | 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 3 present, not |
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| 36 | | - | voting. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the Senate on May 22, |
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| 40 | | - | 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 41 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 43 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Date |
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| 45 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Governor |
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| 38 | + | * * * * * |
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