88R20555 BDP-D
By: Murr H.B. No. 4921
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4921:
By: Herrero C.S.H.B. No. 4921
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of an adult education pilot program
by the Windham School District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 19.0052 to read as follows:
Sec. 19.0052. ADULT EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The
Windham School District shall establish a pilot program under which
one or more nonprofit entities provide an adult education program
under Subchapter G, Chapter 12, to enable persons described by
Subsection (b) to successfully complete a high school program that
can lead to a diploma.
(b) A person confined or imprisoned in the department who is
at least 26 years of age and not more than 50 years of age is
eligible to enroll in an adult education program operated under the
pilot program if the person:
(1) has failed to complete the curriculum requirements
for high school graduation;
(2) has failed to perform satisfactorily on an
assessment instrument required for high school graduation; or
(3) has failed to earn a high school equivalency
certificate.
(c) The district shall enter into a memorandum of
understanding with at least one nonprofit entity described by
Section 12.256, Education Code, to provide an adult education
program under the pilot program. The district shall require the
nonprofit entity to identify each region of this state in which the
entity is able to operate an adult education program under the pilot
program.
(d) The district, in consultation with each nonprofit
entity with which the district enters into a memorandum of
understanding under this section, shall identify at least three
schools operated by the district that are suitable to serve as sites
for the pilot program.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2024, the Windham
School District shall establish and implement the pilot program
required by Section 19.0052, Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.