Sec. 208. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals
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Section 225 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3305 ) is amended— by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: From funds made available under section 222(a)(1) for a fiscal year, each eligible agency shall carry out corrections education and education for justice-involved individuals and other institutionalized individuals. An eligible agency granting awards from funds authorized under paragraph
(1)shall give priority to an eligible entity that proposes to operate an educational program in a correctional institution that is also served by a program authorized under section 172. ; in subsection (b)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking for criminal offenders in correctional institutions and for other institutionalized individuals and inserting for justice-involved individuals in correctional institutions and for other institutionalized individuals ; and in paragraph (3), by striking secondary school credit and inserting attainment of a regular high school diploma or its recognized equivalent ; in subsection (c), by striking criminal offenders and inserting justice-involved individuals ; by redesignating subsections
(d)and
(e)as subsections
(e)and (f), respectively; by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: Each eligible agency that is using assistance provided under this section to carry out a program for justice-involved individuals within a correctional institution shall— coordinate such educational programs with career and technical education activities provided to individuals in State institutions from funds reserved under section 112(a)(2)(A) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2322(a)(2)(A) ); identify opportunities to develop integrated education and training opportunities for such individuals; coordinate with institutions of higher education operating a prison education program in the State; and if the correctional institution is also served by a program authorized under section 172, provide a description of how the award funds under this section will be used to carry out the activities described in section 172, in conjunction with the activities described in subsection (b). ; in subsection
(e)(as so redesignated), by striking criminal offenders and inserting justice-involved individuals ; and in subsection
(f)(as so redesignated)— in paragraph (1)(F), by striking criminal offenders and inserting justice-involved individuals ; and by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following: The term justice-involved individual means any individual who has been adjudicated delinquent or convicted of a crime and imprisoned under Federal or State law. The term prison education program has the meaning given the term in section 484 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1091 ). .
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