The correctional facility authorized in Section 47-5-943 shall provide any juvenile offender housed in the facility with continuing education throughout his incarceration which leads to the presentation of a high school diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma equivalent. The facility also shall provide a program of vocational education, which is to be included in the continuing education program for a high school diploma or High School Equivalency Diploma equivalent. Laws, 1998, ch. 562, § 4, eff. 4/17/1998.Amended by Laws, 2014, ch. 398, HB 426, 15, eff. 7/1/2014.
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