House File 2321

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BERRY


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making appropriations from the general fund of the state
  2    to the department of corrections for inmate education and
  3    training.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6227HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
  1  2 the state to the department of corrections for the fiscal year
  1  3 beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2005, the
  1  4 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1  5 used for improving educational and technical training for
  1  6 female inmates in correctional institutions, for training for
  1  7 male and female inmates in parenting and other skills to
  1  8 strengthen families, and for continuing education and training
  1  9 after release from a correctional institution through
  1 10 community correctional programming and other referral or
  1 11 support agencies:
  1 12 .................................................. $    500,000
  1 13    Of the amount appropriated in this section, up to $100,000
  1 14 shall be used to establish not more than two pilot programs
  1 15 for inmate continuing education and training after release
  1 16 from a correctional institution.  The moneys shall be awarded
  1 17 to the judicial district departments of correctional services
  1 18 on a competitive grant basis.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill makes appropriations for fiscal year 2004=2005
  1 21 from the general fund of the state to the department of
  1 22 corrections.  Under the bill, the moneys are to be used for
  1 23 educational and technical training for female inmates in
  1 24 correctional institutions, for training for male and female
  1 25 inmates in parenting and other skills to strengthen families,
  1 26 and for continuing education and training after release from a
  1 27 correctional institution through community correctional
  1 28 programming and other referral or support agencies.
  1 29    The bill also requires that up to $100,000 be used to
  1 30 establish not more than two pilot programs for inmate
  1 31 continuing education and training after release from a
  1 32 correctional institution.  The bill provides that the moneys
  1 33 shall be awarded to the judicial district departments of
  1 34 correctional services on a competitive grant basis.
  1 35 LSB 6227HH 80
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