HBA-MPM H.B. 1850 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1850
By: Lengefeld
Public Education
3/5/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Windham School System of the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice may only accept inmates who do not have a high school diploma.
Windham officials have determined that 1159 of their inmates are high
school graduates, read at the fourth-grade level or less, and are not
eligible for literacy or vocational classes offered by Windham.  H.B. 1850
provides that a person confined in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
is eligible for programs and services paid for with money from the
foundation school fund and removes the provision that the person must not
be a high school graduate in order to receive these additional services. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Provides that any person confined or imprisoned in the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice is eligible for programs or services under
this chapter paid for with money from the foundation school fund.  Deletes
the provision that the person must not be a high school graduate. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.