Texas Education Code 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.
Terms Used In Texas Education Code 19.0052
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The district shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with at least one nonprofit entity described by § 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.