20 U.S.C. § 1204
Section 1204 · Repealed. Pub. L. 105220, title II, 251(a)(1), Aug. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1079
Amended 1 time on record
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Funds1 set aside under section 1203a(b)(1) of this title by a State shall be used for the cost of educational programs for criminal offenders in corrections institutions and for other institutionalized individuals, including—
(1) academic programs for—
(A) basic education with special emphasis on reading, writing, vocabulary, and arithmetic;
(B) special education programs as defined by State law;
(C) bilingual or English as a second language programs; and
(D) secondary school credit programs;
(2) vocational training programs;
(3) library development and library service programs;
(4) corrections education programs, training for teacher personnel specializing in corrections education, particularly courses in social education, basic skills instruction, and abnormal psychology;
(5) guidance and counseling programs;
(6) supportive services for criminal offenders, with special emphasis on the coordination of educational services with agencies furnishing services to criminal offenders after their release; and
(7) cooperative programs with educational institutions, community-based organizations of demonstrated effectiveness, and the private sector, designed to provide education and training.
(b) As used in this section, the term—
(1) “criminal offender” means any individual who is charged with or convicted of any criminal offense; and
(2) “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.
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Prior Provisions
A prior section 1204, Pub. L. 89 750, title III, §305, Nov. 3, 1966, 80 Stat. 1217; Pub. L. 90 247, title V, §501, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 815; Pub. L. 91 230, title III, §301, Apr. 13, 1970, 84 Stat. 160; Pub. L. 91 600, §3(a), Dec. 30, 1970, 84 Stat. 1669; Pub. L. 93 380, title VIII, §843(c)(2), (3), Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 611; Pub. L. 95 561, title XIII, §1304(b), Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2357; Pub. L. 98 511, title I, §§102(f)(1), 104, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2366, 2367, related to allotment of grant funds, prior to the general revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 100 297.