PREP Act

This bill would create an Office of Prison Education within the federal Bureau of Prisons, led by an Assistant Director for Prison Education. The office would oversee education in all federal prisons, such as literacy, high school diploma programs, college courses, apprenticeships, and job training, and would collect data and provide training to state prison systems. It would set up a Federal Prison Education Program that partners outside education providers with federal prisons, with the federal share of each program's cost capped at 75 percent and $170 million of Bureau of Prisons funds directed to the program for fiscal years 2027 through 2033. The bill would also require the Department of Veterans Affairs to inform incarcerated veterans about education benefits, while barring housing stipends for veterans with felony convictions while they are incarcerated.

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Sponsors

• Brian Schatz Democrat sponsor
• 14 cosponsors