Texas Youth Commission Notes, Fall 1988 Page: 4
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Parole Survey reflects statistics on youth's school status
The Education Department of
the Texas Youth Commision con-
ducted a survey to reflect statis-
tics on the school status of youth
who were paroled from Youth
Commission residential care
programs from September 1987
to April 1988. The programs
which were evaluated included
the institutions and community
based facilities.
The information which was ob-
tained from TYC parole officers
in June 1988, is summarized (see
Table 1, p. 5) and indicatesthatal-
most all (88%) youth paroled
from TYC under the compulsory
school attendance age and al-
most half (44%) of those above
the compulsory attendance age
were enrolled in school. Of all
those who did enroll in school,
only 48% were still enrolled by
the end of the year. The highest
at-risk students, ones with an ob-
vious at-risk identification upon
enrollment, have a severe drop-
out rate from the public schools.
Most youth entered public
school after leaving TYC residen-
tial care, but the vast majority of
them discontinued school enroll-
ment before the school year con-
cluded.
Also, few youth who discon-
tinued school attendance were
Dr. Spence passes away
Dr. Allen Spence, attending
physician for the Brownwood
State School and the Statewide
Reception Center, passed away
on September 5, after a massive
coronary.
Dr. Spence began his employ-
ment with the Texas Youth Com-
mission on May 4, 1970 as the first
and only attending physician and
medical director of these
facilities and served in that
capacity for over 18 years.
Dr. Spence touched the lives of
thousands of TYC youth andemployed or were enrolled in al-
ternative training programs.
The percentages of youth who
enrolled in school and remained
there were very comparable
among the three major ra-
cial/ethnic groups. The most
noticeable difference among the
three groups was that 75% of
both the black and white student
groups who were in school at the
end of the school year passed but
only 59% of the Hispanic group
did.
The percentages of youth in
school at the end of the school
year, 48% of just those who en-
rolled and 29% of all youth
paroled, are disappointingly low,
unless viewed from the
standpoint that almost every one
of these youth would probably
not have continued in school had
the juvenile justice system notin-
tervened in their lives.
It should be pointed out that
48% of the seventeen year old
youth released from TYC institu-
tions had obtained a GED
diploma, so many seventeen year
olds in the survey did have a high
school equivalency diploma, al-
though they had not completed
requirements for a regular high
school diploma. According toviewed each young person as
special and exhibited patience
and sensitivity in responding to
their needs. He was held in the
highest esteem by his co-workers
for his integrity and pride in his
profession.
The Texas Youth Commission
Board payed tribute to Dr.
Spence and recognized the many
contributions to the youth of the
State of Texas by passing a resol u-
tion during its November Board
meeting.the survey results, seventeen
year olds with a GED entered
public school as often as other
seventeen year olds.
Perhaps the biggest program-
matic deficit identified in the
study was that only 3% of
paroled youth were in alterna-
tive training programs. If public
schools cannot retain and ap-
propriately serve these problem
youth, then alternative training
programs, such as Job Training
Partnership Act (JTPA) funded
programs, must.
NOTES
is published by the
Texas Youth Commission
8900 Shoal Creek Boulevard
P. O. Box 9999
Austin, Texas 78766
512/452-8111
TYC Board
Larry F. York, Austin
Chairman
Susan Bush, Athens
Vice Chairman
Richard Abalos, Odessa
Comer Cottrell, Dallas
Kenneth S. George, Dallas
Rev. Floyd N. Williams, Sr.
Houston
Ron Jackson
Executive Director
TYC Notes is a quarterly
newsletter written for TYC
employees. If you have any
questions or wish to contribute
information for this publica-
tion, please forward them to
the attention of:
Rita Z. Torres, Editor4
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Texas Youth Commission. Texas Youth Commission Notes, Fall 1988, periodical, Autumn 1988; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1031909/m1/4/?q=%22Social+Life+and+Customs%22: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.