| 1 | 1 | | 89R18255 KJE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Cunningham H.B. No. 5261 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to designating the Windham School District to provide |
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| 10 | 10 | | postsecondary education to inmates of the Texas Department of |
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| 11 | 11 | | Criminal Justice. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sections 19.012 and 19.013 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 19.012. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. The district and the |
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| 16 | 16 | | department shall enter into a memorandum of understanding for the |
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| 17 | 17 | | district to administer postsecondary education programs through |
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| 18 | 18 | | partnerships with postsecondary educational institutions to |
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| 19 | 19 | | inmates of the department. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 19.013. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD. (a) |
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| 21 | 21 | | The district shall establish a postsecondary education advisory |
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| 22 | 22 | | board to advise the department regarding postsecondary education |
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| 23 | 23 | | programs. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) The advisory board is composed of members who are |
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| 25 | 25 | | relevant stakeholders, including: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) representatives of the Texas Higher Education |
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| 27 | 27 | | Coordinating Board; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) representatives of the Texas Department of |
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| 29 | 29 | | Licensing and Regulation; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) representatives of the Texas Workforce |
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| 31 | 31 | | Commission; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) representatives of public institutions of higher |
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| 33 | 33 | | education on a rotating basis; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (5) representatives from an organization that |
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| 35 | 35 | | represents the families of inmates of the department; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) representatives of an organization that advocates |
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| 37 | 37 | | for the education of inmates of the department; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | (7) current or former inmates of the department. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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