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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 904.516 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF
1 2 INMATES &endash; LITERACY AND HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY PROGRAMS.
1 3 1. Effective July 1, 1997, a person who is committed to
1 4 the custody of the director of the department of corrections
1 5 may be evaluated for purposes of determining the level of
1 6 achievement in the basic skills of arithmetic, the
1 7 communicative arts of reading, writing, grammar, and spelling,
1 8 social studies, and the sciences.
1 9 2. Persons who demonstrate functional literacy competence
1 10 below the sixth grade level may be required to participate in
1 11 literacy programs established by the department.
1 12 Participation shall be voluntary, but shall be reflected as
1 13 part of the person's record at the institution. Persons who
1 14 are required to participate in literacy programs and who
1 15 refuse to participate shall be subject to the following
1 16 penalties:
1 17 a. Eligibility only for a minimum allowance.
1 18 b. Placement on idle status.
1 19 c. Ineligibility for work bonuses.
1 20 d. Ineligibility for minimum out or minimum live out
1 21 status.
1 22 e. Ineligibility for other privileges as determined by the
1 23 department.
1 24 3. Persons who have not completed the requirements for
1 25 high school or a high school equivalency diploma may be
1 26 required to complete the requirements for and to obtain a high
1 27 school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A.
1 28 4. The department, in cooperation with the board of
1 29 parole, shall adopt rules which establish a procedure for
1 30 evaluation of inmates to determine basic skills achievement,
1 31 and criteria for placement of inmates in educational programs.
1 32 Rules adopted may include, but shall not be limited to, the
1 33 establishment of standards for the development of appropriate
1 34 programming, imposition of any applicable penalties, and for
1 35 waiver of any educational requirements.
2 1 Sec. 2. Section 906.4, Code 1995, is amended by adding the
2 2 following new unnumbered paragraph:
2 3 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The board may, effective July 1,
2 4 1997, subject to such exceptions as may be deemed necessary by
2 5 the board, require each inmate who is physically and mentally
2 6 capable to demonstrate functional literacy competence at or
2 7 above the sixth grade level or make progress towards
2 8 completion of the requirements for a high school equivalency
2 9 diploma under chapter 259A prior to release of the inmate on
2 10 parole or work release.
2 11 Sec. 3. PROGRESS REPORTS &endash; BUDGET REQUEST. The
2 12 department of corrections shall submit, as part of the
2 13 department's budget request to the governor, plans for the
2 14 implementation of this Act by July 1, 1997. The department
2 15 shall also submit a report, in January of 1996, to the general
2 16 assembly which outlines the progress made towards
2 17 implementation of this Act.
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