Department of Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
Purpose
The goal of the Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) is to reduce delinquency, increase offender accountability and rehabilitate offenders through a comprehensive, coordinated community-based juvenile probation system. The JJAEPs assist students in performing at grade level as a result of academic interventions provided by the JJAEP in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies and self-discipline. Some JJAEP programs are able to provide some electives. Students are assigned to a JJAEP program as a result of violating Texas Education Code Chapter 37 listed offenses which include: 1) mandatory expulsion from their home school for serious infractions of the Student Code of Conduct, 2) discretionary expulsions for serious infractions that occur off-campus as well as other infractions of the Student Code of Conduct, or 3) are court ordered due to title V offenses or probation conditions.
Number of Programs:
31 of which 26 counties are mandatory and 5 are Discretionary
Mandatory Counties:
Bell, Bexar, Brazoria, Brazos, Cameron, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo, Jefferson, Johnson, Lubbock, McLennan, Midland, Montgomery, Nueces, Tarrant, Taylor, Travis, Webb, Wichita, Williamson
Discretionary Counties:
Atascosa, Hale, Hardin, Hill, Karnes-Wilson
Oversight
Mandatory counties are monitored on-site at least every three years. Discretionary counties are monitored on-site every biennium. Desk audits are ongoing to maintain data integrity for funding and reporting purposes.
JJAEP Specialists
Marie Welsch, PhD, LPC
Eric Herring
Organizational Chart
Links to Helpful Resources, Forms and Manuals
