Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) – Texas Juvenile Justice Department

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. JJAEPs are authorized by chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code which states that only a disciplinary alternative education program operated under the authority of a juvenile board of a county is considered a juvenile justice alternative education program. 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 campus 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.

34 County Programs

Mandatory Counties

Bell, Bexar, Brazoria, Brazos, Cameron, Collin, Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Ellis, Fort Bend, Galveston, Grayson, Harris, Hidalgo, Jefferson, Johnson, Lubbock, McLennan, Montgomery, Nueces, Parker, Tarrant, Taylor, Travis, Webb, Wichita, Williamson

Discretionary Counties

Atascosa, Hale, Hardin, Hill, Karnes-Wilson, Wharton

Oversight

All JJAEPs are monitored on-site at least once every biennium. Desk audits for attendance are ongoing to maintain data integrity for funding and reporting purposes.