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an d ‘‘( 2 ) i n c arcera t edina S tate p rison , inc l uding a prerelease facility . ‘‘( b ) GRANTP R OG RA M . —Th e Secretary of E ducation (in this section referred to as the ‘Secretary ’ )— ‘‘(1) shall establish a progra m in accordance w ith this sec - tion to pro v ide grants to the State correctional education agen- cies in the States to assist and encourage incarcerated individ- uals who have obtained a secondary school diploma or its recogni z ede q uivalent to acquire educational and j obs k ills through— ‘‘( A ) coursework to prepare such individuals to pursue a postsecondary education certificate, an associate’s degree, or bachelor’s degree while in prison; ‘‘( B ) the pursuit of a postsecondary education certifi- cate, an associate’s degree, or bachelor’s degree while in prison; and ‘‘( C ) employment counseling and other related services, which start during incarceration and end not later than two years after release from incarceration; and ‘‘(2) may establish such performance objectives and reporting requirements for State correctional education agen- cies receiving grants under this section as the Secretary deter- mines are necessary to assess the effectiveness of the program under this section. ‘‘(c) A P P LIC ATION.—To be eligible for a grant under this section, a State correctional education agency shall submit to the Secretary a proposal for an incarcerated individual program that— ‘‘(1) identifies the scope of the problem, including the number of incarcerated individuals in need of postsecondary education and career and technical training; ‘‘(2) lists the accredited public or private educational institution or institutions that will provide postsecondary edu- cational services; ‘‘(3) lists the cooperating agencies, public and private, or businesses that will provide related services, such as counseling in the areas of career development, substance abuse, health, and parenting skills; ‘‘( 4 ) describes specific performance objectives and evalua- tion methods (in addition to, and consistent with, any objectives established by the Secretary under subsection (b)(2)) that the State correctional education agency will use in carrying out its proposal, including— ‘‘(A) specific and quantified student outcome measures that are referenced to outcomes for non-program partici- pants with similar demographic characteristics; and ‘‘(B) measures, consistent with the data elements and definitions described in subsection (d)(1)(A), of— ‘‘(i) program completion, including an e x plicit defi- nition of what constitutes a program completion within the proposal; ‘‘(ii) knowledge and skill attainment, including specification of instruments that will measure knowl- edge and skill attainment; ‘‘(iii) attainment of employment both prior to and subsequent to release;
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