Continuing education; high school level degree; vocational education

Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-949, under Correctional System.

Miss. Code Ann. § 47-5-949

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.