The proposed bill would amend current statutes regarding educational programs in juvenile detention centers and county jails. Specifically, it would prohibit accommodation schools from counting students as in attendance on days when they are also counted as prisoners in a county jail education program or as students in a juvenile detention center education program. Additionally, the bill clarifies that counties may operate and fund these educational programs through existing accommodation schools, or operate them without funding. It also allows county school superintendents to establish and administer funds to support these programs if they are not funded through accommodation schools.

Furthermore, the bill introduces several technical changes, including the requirement for counties that previously funded these programs through accommodation schools to reduce the student count of the accommodation school by the number of students attributable to the jail or juvenile education programs for the first year of funding. The amendments aim to ensure that educational attendance is accurately reported and that funding mechanisms are clearly defined, thereby potentially impacting the fiscal calculations related to state funding for these educational programs.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 15-913
Senate Engrossed Version: 15-913, 15-913.01, 2020-2021, 2019-2020, 15-761, 15-1204