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PROGRAM
CORRECTIONAL SERVICES ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM INFORMATION
POPULATION SERVED: Adults, out-of-school youth
SERVICES PROVIDED: Job search, counseling, entry-level skills training, literacy and English as a Second Language instruction, bilingual education, employability skills instruction, General Equivalency Diploma preparation, and life skills instruction
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY: Department of Correctional Services
ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS: Department of Correctional Services
SOURCE OF FUNDING: State/Federal
AUTHORIZATION: State Budget
DESCRIPTION: Provides entry-level job skills instruction in 25 trade areas and adult basic education.
PROGRAM DATA
FISCAL YEAR: 1996
(1996-97) 		1997
(1997-98) 		1998
(1998-99) 		1999
(1999-00) 		2000
(2000-01)
APPROPRIATIONS($): Academic and Vocational 54,146,727 Academic and Vocational 58,369,702 Academic and Vocational 57,561,800 Academic and Vocational 57,939,998 Academic and Vocational 58,000,000*
NUMBER ENROLLED*:
(TOTAL ENROLLMENTS FOR YEAR) 		Academic 44,701; Vocational 37,669 Academic 45,651; Vocational 35,134 Academic 47,096; Vocational 35,107 Academic 47,308; Vocational 33,526 Academic 47,400*; Vocational 33,600*
OUTCOME DATA**: Academic 22,017; Vocational l9,873 Academic 22,544; Vocational 10,439 Academic 24,463; Vocational 10,572 Academic 23,626; Vocational 11,147 Academic 24,000*; Vocational 11,200*
CONTACT
NAME/AGENCY: JOHN HOXIE, Director, Department of Correctional Services
PHONE NUMBER: 518-457-8142

* Estimated.
** Academic outcome is the number of enrollees reaching 5th grade and 8th grade reading and math levels in English and Spanish; Oral English Proficiency (ESL level); and GED (English and Spanish). Vocational outcome is the number of enrollees demonstrating entry level job skills (tied to "Dictionary of Occupational Titles").