4. Prisoners classified as Class IV shall earn good conduct allowance at a rate of no credit for each 30 days served. Class IV shall be reserved for persons who are in isolation or segregation status for disciplinary or security reasons and persons whose conduct and performance in their assignments are so unsatisfactory as to eliminate consideration for good conduct allowance. Persons may be reclassified for an increase or decrease in class according to rules and regulations established pursuant to law. D.1. The Secretary of Public Safety shall direct the Department of Corrections and the Department of Correctional Education to have a mandatory functional literacy program as defined in §§ , and for all mentally capable inmates who are not functionally literate in each state correctional institution by January 1, 2007. 2. Each mandatory functional literacy program shall include a requirement that each inmate participate in such program for a mandatory period sufficient to provide the inmate with an adequate opportunity to achieve functional literacy, and appropriate incentives that lead to successful completion of such programs shall be developed and implemented. 3. As used in this section, the term "functional literacy" has the same meaning as provided in § . 4. Non-English-speaking inmates be required to participate in an program, if available, until they function at the equivalence of the eighth grade on a nationally recognized educational achievement test. 5. The principal of each Department of Correctional Education adult school shall have the authority to grant an exemption for participation in the functional literacy program for good cause as determined by the Board of Correctional Education and documented on an individual basis. E. Upon receipt by the Department, persons who have been confined awaiting transfer to a state correctional facility shall be credited with such time as is certified to the Department in accordance with §§ and and as is otherwise provided by law. Certified good conduct allowance shall be applied to reduce the person's maximum term of confinement, and one-half of such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time the person shall serve before being eligible for parole. After admission to a state correctional facility, a person shall be credited at the rate of 10 days for each 30 days of time served with satisfactory conduct. The person shall remain in this credit level until classified in accordance with the provisions herein. 060486756 SENATE BILL NO. 105 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services on February 3, 2006)
4. Prisoners classified as Class IV shall earn good conduct allowance at a rate of no credit for each 30 days served. Class IV shall be reserved for persons who are in isolation or segregation status for disciplinary or security reasons and persons whose conduct and performance in their assignments are so unsatisfactory as to eliminate consideration for good conduct allowance. Persons may be reclassified for an increase or decrease in class according to rules and regulations established pursuant to law. D.1. The Secretary of Public Safety shall direct the Department of Corrections and the Department of Correctional Education to have a mandatory functional literacy program as defined in §§ , and for all mentally capable inmates who are not functionally literate in each state correctional institution by January 1, 2007. 2. Each mandatory functional literacy program shall include a requirement that each inmate participate in such program for a mandatory period sufficient to provide the inmate with an adequate opportunity to achieve functional literacy, and appropriate incentives that lead to successful completion of such programs shall be developed and implemented. 3. As used in this section, the term "functional literacy" has the same meaning as provided in § . 4. Non-English-speaking inmates be required to participate in an program, if available, until they function at the equivalence of the eighth grade on a nationally recognized educational achievement test. 5. The principal of each Department of Correctional Education adult school shall have the authority to grant an exemption for participation in the functional literacy program for good cause as determined by the Board of Correctional Education and documented on an individual basis. E. Upon receipt by the Department, persons who have been confined awaiting transfer to a state correctional facility shall be credited with such time as is certified to the Department in accordance with §§ and and as is otherwise provided by law. Certified good conduct allowance shall be applied to reduce the person's maximum term of confinement, and one-half of such credit shall be applied to reduce the period of time the person shall serve before being eligible for parole. After admission to a state correctional facility, a person shall be credited at the rate of 10 days for each 30 days of time served with satisfactory conduct. The person shall remain in this credit level until classified in accordance with the provisions herein. 060486756 SENATE BILL NO. 105 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services on February 3, 2006)
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