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HB 1162 In Committee

State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training.

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State correctional facilities; required education or vocational training; earned sentence credits classification levels. Requires a prisoner in a state correctional facility, as a part of his reentry plan developed and implemented by the Department of Corrections, to complete a high school equivalency test or vocational, technical, or other certification prior to such prisoner's release. The bill also provides that the annual review of a prisoner's classification level for earned sentence credits shall include such prisoner's quantifiable or measurable progress, as available, in any programs, job assignments, and educational curricula in which he is participating, such as test scores achieved or completion of a high school equivalency test or other trade or vocational certification.

Chamber
House
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last action
Jul 21, 2026 — Continued from last session
Session
2027
Momentum
55 · Moderate