To direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies and community-based organizations to provide education programs and other education-related services to inmates confined in correctional institutions, and to establish the Center for Correctional Education.
Correctional Education Assistance Act of 1989 - Directs the Secretary of Education to make grants to State and local educational agencies and community-based organizations for educational programs for inmates of correctional institutions. Requires such programs to include teaching of the following types of skills: (1) academic and cognitive skills; (2) citizenship, parenting, and other affective skills, and (3) employment-related and vocational training skills. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary to establish and operate the Center for Correctional Education for statistics and information, research, staff training, and technical assistance relating to correctional education. Authorizes appropriations.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
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