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Windham highlights national partnerships, Pell expansion and launches peer-tutor certification pilot
Summary
At a joint Windham School District Board of Trustees meeting, Superintendent Christina Hartman described Texas' growing role in national correctional-education networks and Pell grant rulemaking; the board also heard a detailed presentation on a new peer tutor training pilot that graduated 27 tutors and plans expansion.
The Windham School District Board of Trustees on Oct. 17 heard a report from Superintendent Christina Hartman about Texas’s engagement with national and international correctional-education organizations and the potential impact of recent federal Pell policy changes on short-term workforce training for people in custody.
Hartman told the board that Texas staff and Windham representatives presented at the American Correctional Association conference and that the state’s work on occupational licensing and stakeholder engagement has influenced legislative outcomes. “Receiving feedback from external partners makes us better,” Hartman said, describing how other states have used Texas examples in testimony and planning.
Why it matters: Hartman framed the participation as part of a broader effort to expand educational and workforce pathways for people in incarceration, including work tied to the U.S. Department of Education’s rulemaking for a workforce Pell initiative that would allow shorter-term training programs to be Pell-eligible. “That will make these…
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