Extension of Texas State Plan for
Adult Education and Family Literacy

11.0 Programs for Corrections Education and Other Institutionalized Individuals (Section 225)

Section 225 requires that for each fiscal year, the Texas Education Agency shall carry out corrections education or education for other institutionalized individuals using not more than 10 percent of the 82.5 percent funds authorized by Section 222 (a)(1).

11.1 Types of Programs

Funds shall be used for the cost of educational programs for criminal offenders in correctional institutions and for other institutionalized individuals, including academic programs for:

• basic education;
• special education programs as determined by the Texas Education Agency;
• English literacy programs;
• Secondary school credit programs.

11.2 Priority

As required by AEFLA, Texas will give priority to serving individuals who are likely to leave the correctional institutional within five years of participation in the program.

11.3 Types of Institutional Settings

Correctional institution means any:

• prison;
• jail;
• reformatory;
• work farm;
• detention center; or
• halfway house, community-based rehabilitation center, or other similar institution designed for the confinement or rehabilitation of criminal offenders.

Further Information

A Request for Application (RFA) will be issued annually for statewide competition in accordance with the process and procedures for funding Section 6.0 of the State Plan. .

Applicants for adult education funds under this title will be asked to spend not more than 10 percent of their allocation to serve incarcerated and other institutionalized adults. A financial tracking system has been developed by the Texas Education Agency to account for the expenditures.

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