29 USC § 3305 - Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s3305"
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title: "29 USC § 3305 - Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "3305"
section_name: "Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "WORKFORCE INNOVATION AND OPPORTUNITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "State Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 113–128, title II, § 225, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1617.)"
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# § 3305. Programs for corrections education and other institutionalized individuals

**(a)** **Program authorized** section 3302(a)(1) of this title

From funds made available under  for a fiscal year, each eligible agency shall carry out corrections education and 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)** 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)** **Priority** 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)** **Report** section 3141 of this titlesection 3141 of this title

In addition to any report required under , 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 , 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)** **Definitions** In this section:

**(1)** **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.

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

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 113–128, title II, § 225, July 22, 2014, 128 Stat. 1617.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective on the first day of the first full program year after  (), see , set out as a note under .