HB 2300 Summary

• Amends section 15-913.01 to require each county operating a county jail to offer education programs to prisoners age 21 or younger without a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma.

• Expands eligibility to include all prisoners under 18 years of age and prisoners with disabilities up to age 21 (previously limited to those under 18 and disabled prisoners age 21 or younger).

• Allows counties to operate jail education programs through accommodation schools funded at 72 percent of standard accommodation school rates, or through a county jail education fund with base and variable amounts.

• Requires county school superintendents and sheriffs to agree on education program delivery methods and establish procedures for transferring educational records from juvenile detention centers and other public agencies.

• Appropriates an unspecified amount from the state general fund in fiscal year 2022-2023 to the superintendent of public instruction for distribution to county school superintendents for county jail education programs.