HB1488 - Tennessee - State Inmates

Companion Bill SB2093. State Inmates - Requires first or second term inmates without high school diplomas or GEDs to attend GED examination preparation classes. - Amends TCA Title 41, Chapter 21. Fiscal Summary for *HB1488 / SB2093 Increase State Expenditures - $2,067,200 Recurring $4,620,000 One-Time Bill Summary for *HB1488 / SB2093 Present law generally requires inmates who are sentenced to the penitentiary to be kept at work or school for six hours per day. This bill requires any person who has no prior felony convictions, or one prior felony conviction, who is sentenced to the penitentiary for three or more years AND who does not have a high school diploma or GED to attend GED preparation classes until the earlier of the following: successful completion of the GED exam; certification that GED classes will not benefit [...]

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