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 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 education funds to support these programs.

Furthermore, the bill introduces technical changes to existing language, such as replacing "its" with "the county's" and "pupil" with "student" for clarity. It mandates that if a county previously funded a juvenile detention center education program through an accommodation school, it must reduce the student count of that school by the number of students attributable to the program for the first year of funding. Overall, these updates aim to streamline the administration of educational programs for incarcerated youth while ensuring accurate attendance reporting.

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