PREP Act

This bill would require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to create an Office of Prison Education, led by an Assistant Director, to provide education programs in all federal prisons, such as literacy, high school diploma programs, college courses, apprenticeships, and job training. The office would run a Federal Prison Education Program that partners prisons with outside education providers, with the federal share of each program's cost capped at 75 percent, and would set aside $170,000,000 of Bureau of Prisons funds for fiscal years 2027 through 2033. Providers would have to report results each year, and the program would be evaluated with data on students for up to 5 years after release. The office would also keep a public clearinghouse of research and offer training to state prisons. The Department of Veterans Affairs would inform incarcerated veterans about education benefits, while incarcerated veterans with felony convictions could not receive housing or living-cost payments.

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Sponsors

• Madeleine Dean Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors