[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR489.3]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 489_FUNCTIONAL LITERACY FOR STATE AND LOCAL PRISONERS PROGRAM
--Table of Contents
 
                            Subpart A_General
 
Sec. 489.3  What activities may the Secretary fund?

    (a) To qualify for funding under Sec. 489.1, a functional literacy 
program must--
    (1) To the extent possible, make use of advanced technologies, such 
as interactive video- and computer-based adult literacy learning: and
    (2) Include--
    (i) A requirement that each person incarcerated in the system, 
prison, jail, or detention center who is not functionally literate, 
except a person described in paragraph (b) of this section, shall 
participate in the program until the person--
    (A) Achieves functional literacy, or in the case of an individual 
with a disability, achieves a level of functional literacy commensurate 
with his or her ability;
    (B) Is granted parole;
    (C) Completes his or her sentence; or
    (D) Is released pursuant to court order; and

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    (ii) A prohibition on granting parole to any person described in 
paragraph (a)(2)(i) of this section who refuses to participate in the 
program, unless the State parole board determines that the prohibition 
should be waived in a particular case; and
    (iii) Adequate opportunities for appropriate education services and 
the screening and testing of all inmates for functional literacy and 
disabilities affecting functional literacy, including learning 
disabilities, upon arrival in the system or at the prison, jail, or 
detention center.
    (b) The requirement of paragraph (a)(2)(i) does not apply to a 
person who--
    (1) Is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole;
    (2) Is terminally ill; or
    (3) Is under a sentence of death.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211-2(b))