87R19028 TSS-D
 
  By: Talarico, Murr, White, Wu, Minjarez H.B. No. 30
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.