SECTIONS 32500 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 32500

32500. (a) In order to encourage greater involvement of educational
institutions in planning and developing prison-based educational
programs, the Director of Corrections, the Chancellor of the
California State University and Colleges, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, and the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, with the advice of the California Postsecondary
Education Commission, shall enter into interagency agreements. Such
agreements shall provide for, but not be limited to, all of the
following:
(1) A determination of the roles of the Department of Corrections,
the office of the Chancellor of the California State University and
Colleges, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, and the Department of Education, in developing policy for
prison-based educational programs.
(2) Joint policy and program planning.
(b) The Director of Corrections, the Chancellor of the California
State University and Colleges, the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction
shall appoint an advisory committee to do, but not be limited to
doing, all of the following:
(1) Making recommendations on the use of instructional television
in these programs.
(2) Reviewing and making recommendations relating to any proposed
budgets for these programs.
(3) Reviewing and making recommendations relating to the
implementation of the interagency agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, the
Director of Corrections shall administer all prison-based education
programs.