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Senate Bill 1395 |
Senate Author: Shapiro |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
House Sponsor: Grusendorf |
Senate Bill 1395 amends the Education Code to allow a Job Corps training program under contract with the U.S. Department of Labor to establish a high school diploma program to serve certain at-risk students. The program may offer a secondary school curriculum, a Texas high school diploma program, and a general educational development program. The bill sets out the governance, limitation on powers, and duties of the program and prohibits a program from imposing a tax. Senate Bill 1395 also sets out provisions relating to accountability, eligibility for certain programs and services, grants and federal funds, operating costs, program employees, and an exception to compulsory school attendance for students 16 years of age and older who are enrolled in a high school program described above.