Bill Text: TX SB2158 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of an adult education pilot program by the Windham School District.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective immediately [SB2158 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2158-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 2158 | ||
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| relating to the establishment of an adult education pilot program | ||
| by the Windham School District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 19, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 19.0052 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 19.0052. ADULT EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM. (a) The | ||
| Windham School District shall establish a pilot program under which | ||
| one or more nonprofit entities provide an adult education program | ||
| under Subchapter G, Chapter 12, to enable persons described by | ||
| Subsection (b) to successfully complete a high school program that | ||
| can lead to a diploma. | ||
| (b) A person confined or imprisoned in the department who is | ||
| at least 26 years of age and not more than 50 years of age is | ||
| eligible to enroll in an adult education program operated under the | ||
| pilot program if the person: | ||
| (1) has failed to complete the curriculum requirements | ||
| for high school graduation; | ||
| (2) has failed to perform satisfactorily on an | ||
| assessment instrument required for high school graduation; or | ||
| (3) has failed to earn a high school equivalency | ||
| certificate. | ||
| (c) The district shall enter into a memorandum of | ||
| understanding with at least one nonprofit entity described by | ||
| Section 12.256, Education Code, to provide an adult education | ||
| program under the pilot program. The district shall require the | ||
| nonprofit entity to identify each region of this state in which the | ||
| entity is able to operate an adult education program under the pilot | ||
| program. | ||
| (d) The district, in consultation with each nonprofit | ||
| entity with which the district enters into a memorandum of | ||
| understanding under this section, shall identify at least three | ||
| schools operated by the district that are suitable to serve as sites | ||
| for the pilot program. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2024, the Windham | ||
| School District shall establish and implement the pilot program | ||
| required by Section 19.0052, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2158 passed the House on | ||
| May 9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
