NLA Discussion: prison literacy

[Alan Toops 614-274-9000]

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>.>.>.>Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 12:04:47 -0500
>.>.>.>From: Maria Elena Gonzalez <mgonzale at k12.oit.umass.edu>
>.>.>.>To: nla at world.std.com
>.>.>.>Subject: NLA Discussion: prison literacy

Maria,

As Director of Academics for Ohio's prison system, let me clarify the Federal
Prison Literacy program.  This program only provided 4.6 mil for funding
special demonstration projects in prison literacy, emphasis was placed upon
innovative replicable program concepts.  The only federal funding for prison
education is the 10% set aside for serving disadvantaged adults found in the
Adult Education Act.  This means that a state must allocate up to 10% of its
"federal" dollars to disadvantaged adults.  In Ohio, this money is shared
amoung Prisons, Community Corrections, Mental Health, Devlopementally Disabled,
and Youth between the ages of 18 to 21.   It is entirely possible that states
with a small federal allocation may have a small fraction of the monies needed
to adequately fund prison programs.  Unless those dollars are suplimented by
prison budgets (as in Washington State and Ohio for example), the impact of
federal ABLE dollars is probably very limited.  The national office for the
Correctional Education Association and the U.S. Dept of Education's
Correctional Education office can provide you with additional information.  CEA
(301) 918-1915.  Web site at http://sunsite.unc.edu/icea.

Alan Toops 


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