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Texas Education Code § 19.0051

Educational Programs

Schools in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

(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.

Official text of the Texas Education Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 444 (H.B. 30), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.

This section refers to

§ 28.025§ 29.001