Corrections Education Clause Samples
The Corrections Education clause establishes the requirements and provisions for providing educational programs to individuals incarcerated within correctional facilities. Typically, this clause outlines the types of educational services offered, such as basic literacy, vocational training, or high school equivalency programs, and may specify eligibility criteria or standards for instruction. Its core practical function is to ensure that inmates have access to educational opportunities, which can support rehabilitation and reduce recidivism by equipping them with skills necessary for successful reintegration into society.
Corrections Education. Board/Council Responsibility The Board/Council will deliver vocational education and training to individuals held in correctional facilities to enhance their opportunities to participate in community life and to gain employment post-release. The nature of the programs and the amount of training to be delivered to each individual shall be based on individual risk and needs assessments of the individuals undertaken by the correctional institution’s management in collaboration with the Board/Council. The Board/Council shall deliver training to a total minimum value of $XX and according to the proportions identified below. Training delivery will be valued and reconciled: in accordance with the rates per Student Contact Hour for “Persons held in correctional facilities” as identified in Schedule 3; and having regard for the identified proportions per facility. In reconciling hours delivered against the total minimum value specified for corrections delivery described in 2.13, the fund source code ZC will be taken into account. A variance of +/- 5% will be deemed acceptable in reconciling delivery against the proportions (as specified below) of the total minimum value expected to be delivered at each correctional facility. Any delivery at the corrections sites listed below that is additional to the total minimum value specified for corrections delivery ($XX) will not be funded. In the event that the value of training delivered is less than the total minimum value specified for corrections delivery, the Board/Council will be required to return funds to the Commission to the value of that shortfall.
Corrections Education. Board/Council Responsibility The Board/Council will deliver vocational education and training to individuals held in correctional facilities to enhance their opportunities to gain employment post-release. The Board/Council shall deliver training to a total minimum value of $XX and according to the proportions identified below. Training delivery will be valued and reconciled: in accordance with the rates per Student Contact Hour for “Persons held in correctional facilities” as identified in Schedule 3, Tables 1 and 2; and having regard for the identified proportions per facility. The nature of the programs and the amount of training to be delivered to each individual shall be based on individual risk and needs assessments of the individuals undertaken by the correctional institution’s management in collaboration with the Board/Council. A variance of +/- 5% will be deemed acceptable in reconciling delivery against the proportions (as specified below) of the total minimum value expected to be delivered at each correctional facility. Any delivery at the corrections sites listed below that is additional to the total minimum value specified for corrections delivery ($XX) will not be funded. In the event that the value of training delivered is less than the total minimum value specified for corrections delivery, the Board/Council will be required to return funds to the Commission to the value of that shortfall. In reconciling hours delivered against the total minimum value specified for corrections delivery described in 2.15, the following fund sources will be taken into account: - relevant fund code(s) to be advised via Executive Memorandum. Adult Correctional Facilities [As relevant to institutes] Juvenile Correctional Facilities [As relevant to institutes] Commission Responsibility To provide $XX in advances through the Financial Plan – Schedule 1. Skills Victoria Contact Executive Director, Skills Funding and Innovation (Public Skills Funding Unit)
Corrections Education. Board/Council Responsibility