PROGRAMS FOR CORRECTIONS EDUCATION AND OTHER INSTITUTIONALIZED INDIVIDUALS.

SEC. 225. PROGRAMS FOR CORRECTIONS EDUCATION AND OTHER INSTITUTIONALIZED INDIVIDUALS. (a) Program Authorized.— From funds made available under section 222(a)(1) for a fiscal year, each eligible agency shall carry out corrections education or education for other institutionalized individuals. (b) Uses of Funds.— 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) basic education; 112 STAT. 1070 (2) special education programs as determined by the eligible agency; (3) English literacy programs; and (4) secondary school credit programs. (c) Priority.— Each eligible agency that is using assistance provided under this section to carry out a program for criminal offenders in a correctional institution shall give priority to serving individuals who are likely to leave the correctional institution with 5 years of participation in the program. (d) Definition of Criminal Offender.— (1) Criminal offender.— The term “criminal offender” means any individual who is charged with or convicted of any criminal offense. (2) Correctional institution.— 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.