SB 604 – Requires the Department of Corrections to offer certain educational and job training programs to inmates

• Sponsor: Curls
• LR Number: 4734S.01I
• Committee: Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence
• Last Action: 2/10/2016 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil and Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
• Effective Date: August 28, 2016

Current Bill Summary

SB 604 - This act requires the Department of Corrections to enhance educational programs offered by the department to increase the number of offenders who earn GEDs, provide job and life skills training, work with schools and employers to offer a variety of training programs that provide occupational certification or licensure, and ensure offenders transitioning from incarceration have a copy of any certification or license they earned.

This act is identical to SB 188 (2015).

MEGHAN LUECKE