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MS SB2622
Bill
Status
2/5/2019
Primary Sponsor
Barbara Blackmon
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Corrections' Adult Basic Education (ABE) division to administer an examination meeting twelfth-grade educational requirements to each adult offender in custody.
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Mandates the department provide individualized instruction and remedial classes to offenders who fail the examination until they pass.
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Awards meritorious earned time (sentence reduction) to offenders who successfully complete the ABE examination.
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Amends Section 47-5-142 to explicitly list successful completion of the Adult Basic Education Examination as a basis for awarding meritorious earned time.
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Takes effect July 1, 2019.
Legislative Description
Department of Corrections; provide certain educational programs for adult offenders.
Last Action
Died In Committee
2/5/2019