Bill Text: TX HB30 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to educational programs provided by the Windham School District in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for certain inmates.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB30 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB30-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 30 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 3 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the Senate on May 22, | ||
| 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
