Lack Of Access, Long Waitlists: Education In Illinois Prisons – Illinois Newsroom

The department contracts with community colleges to provide vocational programs inside state prisons, while community colleges are responsible for the cost of academic post-secondary programming, for which they receive reimbursement from the Illinois Community College Board. But state investment in community colleges has dropped dramatically over the last two decades.
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nixit
6 years ago

State investment in community colleges has dropped was the same reason state investment in state universities has dropped: PENSIONS. SURS covers community college employees too.

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