Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 2158	Senate Author:  King
Effective:  5-23-23	House Sponsor:  Murr et al.

            Senate Bill 2158 amends the Education Code to require the Windham School District (WSD), not later than September 1, 2024, to establish and implement a pilot program under which one or more nonprofit entities provide an adult education program to enable eligible inmates to successfully complete a high school program that can lead to a diploma. The bill makes a person confined or imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice eligible to enroll in such an adult education program if the person is at least 26 years of age and not more than 50 years of age and has failed to complete the curriculum requirements for high school graduation, to perform satisfactorily on a test required for high school graduation, or to earn a high school equivalency certificate. The bill requires WSD, in consultation with each nonprofit entity with which WSD enters into a memorandum of understanding as required by the bill, to identify at least three schools operated by WSD that are suitable to serve as sites for the pilot program.