Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 09 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Subtitle 37 - WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND ADULT LEARNING
Chapter 09.37.02 - Correctional Institutions Mandatory Educational and Workforce Skills Training Program
Section 09.37.02.05 - Program Participation
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 09.37.02.05
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. If an inmate meets the participation requirements of Regulation .04 of this chapter, Case Management shall refer the inmate to the mandatory educational and workforce skills training program.
B. If Case Management determines that the individual should pursue an educational program:
(1) The inmate shall be assessed by
Correctional Education with the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) or
comparable educational assessment and placed into Beginning Literacy, Adult
Basic Education, or Adult Secondary Educational Program, as appropriate,
pursuant to the inmate's personalized education plan;
(2) The inmate shall actively participate in
a mandatory educational program for not less than 240 days, with the
educational standard being the attainment of a high school diploma.
(3) An inmate may continue in the education
program beyond 240 days at Case Management's discretion.
(4) Time of participation shall be calculated
as follows:
(a) Days shall mean calendar
days, with the calculation beginning on the first day the inmate is assigned to
attend class by Case Management, counting continuously until 240 days are
complete;
(b) The calculation may
be suspended at the discretion of Case Management due to the inmate's illness,
removal, reassignment, or transfer to another institution and shall continue
from where it was suspended upon an inmate's return to an educational program,
unless Case Management deems such calculation to be inappropriate;
(c) The 240 days requirement for mandatory
education shall be waived if the inmate acquires a high school diploma before
the expiration of 240 days.
(d) The
240 days requirement for mandatory education shall apply to inmates who meet
the participation requirements of Regulation .04 of this chapter and who have
not completed the mandatory education requirement prior to October 1,
2021.
(5) The inmate
shall comply with Correctional Education and Case Management rules of
attendance and conduct.
(6)
Infractions of the rules or DPSCS disciplinary action for conduct outside the
educational program may result in Case Management removing the inmate from the
educational program for:
(a) Refusal to
submit to TABE or educational assessment;
(b) Refusal to attend scheduled educational
program classes;
(c) Lack of
demonstrated academic progress;
(d)
Inappropriate behavior; or
(e)
Conviction of violating an institutional rule.
(7) An inmate who is 21 years of age or
younger shall have priority status for placement.
C. If Case Management determines that the inmate should pursue a workforce skills training program in lieu of an educational program:
(1) The inmate shall be
assessed by Correctional Education and, in consultation with Case Management,
be placed into an appropriate workforce skills training program;
(2) The inmate shall actively participate in
a workforce skills training program until the inmate is able to demonstrate
proficiency in the subject skill as determined by Correctional Education and
Case Management.
(3) The inmate may
participate in additional workforce skills training programs at Case
Management's discretion.
(4) The
inmate shall comply with Correctional Education and Case Management rules of
attendance and conduct.
(5)
Infractions of these rules or DPSCS disciplinary action for conduct outside the
workforce program may result in Case Management removing the inmate from the
workforce program for:
(a) Refusal to submit
to assessment;
(b) Refusal to
attend scheduled training;
(c) Lack
of demonstrated progress;
(d)
Inappropriate behavior; or
(e)
Conviction of violating an institutional rule.
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