The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education and the board of supervisors, shall have power to establish and maintain classes or schools for prisoners in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp, for the purpose of providing instruction in civic, vocational, literacy, health, family and consumer sciences, technical, and general education.
Article 14.5Education of Prisoners
Section § 1900
This law allows the county superintendent of schools, with approval from the county board of education and board of supervisors, to set up and run educational programs in jails and similar facilities. These programs can include a wide range of subjects, like basic education, job skills, health education, and more, aimed at helping prisoners improve their knowledge and skills.
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Section § 1901
This law allows county boards of education to give diplomas or certificates to prisoners who finish certain educational programs in county jails or other correctional facilities.
The county board of education shall have the authority to award diplomas or certificates to prisoners enrolled in classes or schools in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp upon successful completion of a prescribed course of study.
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Section § 1902
The county board of education can organize classes for prisoners on Saturdays in locations like county jails or other detention facilities.
The county board of education may provide for the maintenance on Saturday of classes for prisoners in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp.
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Section § 1903
This law section defines 'adult' as any prisoner in a county jail or similar facility who is taking classes approved by a specific education section. It also states that this law applies to community-based correction programs that offer these educational opportunities.
(a)CA Education Code § 1903(a) For purposes of attendance, “adult” means any prisoner confined in any county jail, county honor farm, county industrial farm, county or joint county road camp, or community-based correction program, and who has enrolled in classes or schools authorized by Section 1900.
(b)CA Education Code § 1903(b) This chapter is applicable to a community-based correction program.
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Section § 1904
This law section states that schools or classes run by the county superintendent in county jails or similar facilities will receive funding as calculated by another rule. The Superintendent of Public Instruction will set basic rules for how these schools should operate. These rules will cover things like how big the classes can be, how students need to attend, and the kinds of records and reports the schools must keep.
For all schools or classes maintained by the county superintendent of schools as authorized by Section 1906 in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow the amount computed under Section 1909. For purposes of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, by rules and regulations, establish minimum standards for the conduct of the schools or classes, including, but not necessarily limited to, class size, attendance requirements, and requirements concerning records to be kept and reports to be submitted.
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Section § 1905
This law allows officials in charge of county jails or other correctional facilities to offer rehabilitation programs focused on education and job training for prisoners, as long as they get approval from the county's board of supervisors.
The sheriff or other official in charge of county correctional facilities may, subject to the approval of the board of supervisors, provide for the rehabilitation of prisoners confined in the county jail, county honor farm or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp. Such rehabilitation shall emphasize education and vocational training.
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Section § 1906
This law allows county supervisors to require the county superintendent to start educational classes or schools for inmates in county jails or work camps. The county board of education takes charge of these schools, just like they would for any other school district, handling things like budgeting and operations.
The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, direct the county superintendent of schools to establish and maintain classes or schools for prisoners in any county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp established by the county. The county board of education shall have the same powers and duties with respect to such schools, including the establishment of the budget deemed necessary for the operation of the school programs, as the governing board of a school district would have were such schools maintained by a school district.
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Section § 1907
This law allows the board of supervisors to set up education and vocational classes for prisoners in jail facilities instead of following another particular section. They can create and maintain schools in places like county jails, honor farms, and industrial or road camps. These educational programs can be run by the board of any school district that manages high schools.
The board of supervisors, in lieu of proceeding under Section 1906, may provide for the establishment and maintenance of classes or schools in connection with the jail facilities for the education and vocational training of the prisoners. The board, by ordinance, may provide for the establishment and maintenance of school facilities in the county jail, county honor farm, or any county industrial farm or county or joint county road camp, and such schools may be maintained by the governing board of any school district maintaining secondary schools.
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Section § 1908
This law states that the county's board of supervisors has options for funding educational programs in places like county jails and road camps. They must provide extra funds beyond what the state gives to make sure these programs are maintained. They can either transfer money from the county's general fund to the county school service fund or directly to the school district's general fund, depending on which entity is running the programs. The goal is to ensure that educational services for prisoners continue smoothly.
(a)CA Education Code § 1908(a) The board of supervisors of the county shall transfer from the general fund of the county to the county school service fund of the county superintendent of schools such sums, in excess of the amount of money received from the state by the county superintendent of schools, as the county board of education has deemed necessary to maintain the school programs in the county jail, county honor farm, county industrial farm or county or joint county road camps as described in Section 1906.
(b)CA Education Code § 1908(b) The board of supervisors, in lieu of proceeding under subdivision (a), shall agree with the governing board of the school district providing classes or schools for prisoners, to transfer from the general fund of the county to the general fund of the district such sums, in excess of the amount of money received on the basis of average daily attendance in such programs, as is necessary to maintain its school programs in the county jail, county honor farm, county industrial farm or county or joint county road camps as described in Section 1907.
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Section § 1909
This law section addresses the funding mechanism for county superintendents of schools who run adult education programs in correctional facilities. Specifically, it ensures that eligible programs continue to receive financial support based on actual expenses, but within limits. The funding amount is calculated using a statewide average funding formula adjusted for cost-of-living increases, multiplied by the average daily attendance, and adjusted by 0.8 for each fiscal year. For the 1993-94 and 1994-95 fiscal years, the funding per unit of attendance cannot exceed the statewide average funding limit from the 1992-93 fiscal year, also adjusted for cost-of-living.
(a)CA Education Code § 1909(a) From funds appropriated for allocation pursuant to Sections 2558 and 41841.5, for each county superintendent of schools who maintained schools or classes for adults in correctional facilities in the 1981–82 fiscal year pursuant to Section 1906, and who continues to maintain those schools or classes in each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall allow in the 1982–83 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to the actual current expenses of the program, but not to exceed an amount determined as follows:
(1)CA Education Code § 1909(a)(1) Compute the prior year statewide average local control funding formula per unit of average daily attendance for adults, increased by a relevant cost-of-living allowance prescribed in the
annual Budget Act.
(2)CA Education Code § 1909(a)(2) Multiply the amount computed in paragraph (1) by the average daily attendance of the schools or classes in the current fiscal year.
(3)CA Education Code § 1909(a)(3) Multiply the product determined in paragraph (2) for each fiscal year by 0.8.
(b)CA Education Code § 1909(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for the 1993–94 and 1994–95 fiscal years, in no event shall the amount allowed to a county superintendent of schools for each unit of average daily attendance pursuant to that subdivision exceed the statewide average revenue limit at which adults in correctional facilities were funded in the 1992–93 fiscal year, as adjusted by any cost-of-living adjustment pursuant to Section 42238.1.
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Section § 1909.5
This law is about how calculations referred to in Section 1909 must follow certain rules laid out in another set of guidelines, specifically starting with Section 41840 in another part of the education code.
The calculation made pursuant to Section 1909 is subject to Article 9 (commencing with Section 41840) of Chapter 5 of Part 24.
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