| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 2158 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the establishment of an adult education pilot program |
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| 6 | 6 | | by the Windham School District. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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| 9 | 9 | | Section 19.0052 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 19.0052. ADULT EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The |
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| 11 | 11 | | Windham School District shall establish a pilot program under which |
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| 12 | 12 | | one or more nonprofit entities provide an adult education program |
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| 13 | 13 | | under Subchapter G, Chapter 12, to enable persons described by |
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| 14 | 14 | | Subsection (b) to successfully complete a high school program that |
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| 15 | 15 | | can lead to a diploma. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) A person confined or imprisoned in the department who is |
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| 17 | 17 | | at least 26 years of age and not more than 50 years of age is |
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| 18 | 18 | | eligible to enroll in an adult education program operated under the |
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| 19 | 19 | | pilot program if the person: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) has failed to complete the curriculum requirements |
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| 21 | 21 | | for high school graduation; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) has failed to perform satisfactorily on an |
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| 23 | 23 | | assessment instrument required for high school graduation; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) has failed to earn a high school equivalency |
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| 25 | 25 | | certificate. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The district shall enter into a memorandum of |
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| 27 | 27 | | understanding with at least one nonprofit entity described by |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 12.256, Education Code, to provide an adult education |
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| 29 | 29 | | program under the pilot program. The district shall require the |
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| 30 | 30 | | nonprofit entity to identify each region of this state in which the |
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| 31 | 31 | | entity is able to operate an adult education program under the pilot |
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| 32 | 32 | | program. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (d) The district, in consultation with each nonprofit |
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| 34 | 34 | | entity with which the district enters into a memorandum of |
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| 35 | 35 | | understanding under this section, shall identify at least three |
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| 36 | 36 | | schools operated by the district that are suitable to serve as sites |
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| 37 | 37 | | for the pilot program. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2024, the Windham |
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| 39 | 39 | | School District shall establish and implement the pilot program |
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| 40 | 40 | | required by Section 19.0052, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 42 | 42 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 43 | 43 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 45 | 45 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 46 | 46 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 47 | 47 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 48 | 48 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the Senate on |
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| 49 | 49 | | April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 52 | 52 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the House on |
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| 53 | 53 | | May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, two present |
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| 54 | 54 | | not voting. |
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| 55 | 55 | | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | 56 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 57 | 57 | | Approved: |
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| 58 | 58 | | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | 59 | | Date |
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| 60 | 60 | | ______________________________ |
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| 61 | 61 | | Governor |
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