§3305 — Title 29 Labor | U.S. Code

Summary

Federal funds for a fiscal year must be used by eligible agencies to run education programs for people held in prisons and similar places. The money pays for schooling and training for criminal offenders and other institutionalized people. It covers things like adult basic education and literacy, special education, high school credit, combined education-and-job training, career pathways, taking courses while confined, peer tutoring, and re-entry or post-release services that aim to reduce reoffending. Programs inside correctional facilities must give priority to people likely to be released within 5 years. Agencies must send an annual progress report to the Secretary and include the recidivism rate for the people served. Definitions: correctional institution — prison, jail, reformatory, work farm, detention center, halfway house, or similar place for confining or rehabilitating offenders. Criminal offender — anyone charged with or convicted of a crime.

Title 29, §3305

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(a)From funds made available under section 3302(a)(1) of this title for a fiscal year, each eligible agency shall carry out corrections education and education for other institutionalized individuals.

(b)The funds described in subsection (a) shall be used for the cost of educational programs for criminal offenders in correctional institutions and for other institutionalized individuals, including academic programs for—

(1)adult education and literacy activities;

(2)special education, as determined by the eligible agency;

(3)secondary school credit;

(4)integrated education and training;

(5)career pathways;

(6)concurrent enrollment;

(7)peer tutoring; and

(8)transition to re-entry initiatives and other postrelease services with the goal of reducing recidivism.

(c)Each eligible agency that is using assistance provided under this section to carry out a program for criminal offenders within a correctional institution shall give priority to serving individuals who are likely to leave the correctional institution within 5 years of participation in the program.

(d)In addition to any report required under section 3141 of this title, each eligible agency that receives assistance provided under this section shall annually prepare and submit to the Secretary a report on the progress, as described in section 3141 of this title, of the eligible agency with respect to the programs and activities carried out under this section, including the relative rate of recidivism for the criminal offenders served.

(e)In this section:

(1)The term “correctional institution” means any—

(A)prison;

(B)jail;

(C)reformatory;

(D)work farm;

(E)detention center; or

(F)halfway house, community-based rehabilitation center, or any other similar institution designed for the confinement or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

(2)The term “criminal offender” means any individual who is charged with or convicted of any criminal offense.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after

July 22, 2014 (

July 1, 2015), see section 506 of Pub. L. 113–128, set out as a note under section 3101 of this title.

§3305 Programs for Corrections Education and Other Institutionalized Individuals

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