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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to implementation of a comprehensive character education |
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and training pilot program at certain Texas Youth Commission |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 61.0386 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0386. COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTER EDUCATION AND |
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TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish a |
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comprehensive character education and training pilot program at: |
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(1) either Unit I or Unit II of the McLennan County |
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State Juvenile Correctional Facility; and |
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(2) another correctional facility operated by or under |
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contract with the commission that the commission chooses to |
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participate in the program. |
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(b) The commission shall model the program after the |
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Character First! program or a similar program that emphasizes |
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character education and training. |
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(c) The commission shall conduct a study concerning any cost |
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savings resulting from the implementation of the comprehensive |
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character education and training pilot program at commission |
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facilities at which the program is implemented as compared to other |
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commission facilities, including any cost savings resulting from |
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lower recidivism rates, lower staff turnover rates, and less |
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overall facility damage. |
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(d) Not later than January 1, 2011, and January 1, 2013, the |
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commission shall prepare and deliver to each member of the |
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legislature a report describing the interim results of the study. |
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Not later than January 1, 2015, the commission shall deliver a |
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report describing the final results of the study. |
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(e) This section expires February 1, 2016. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2008, the Texas Youth |
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Commission shall establish the comprehensive character education |
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and training pilot program at either Unit I or Unit II of the |
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McLennan County State Juvenile Correctional Facility and at another |
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correctional facility operated by or under contract with the Texas |
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Youth Commission as required by Section 61.0386, Human Resources |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |