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Solano College approves agreement with prison
By timesheraldonline.com- John Glidden
Published: 10/17/2014

With unanimous approval by the Solano Community College Governing Board Wednesday night, the district will begin teaching academic transfer curriculum to inmates, taught by district faculty.

The agreement between the district and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, California State Prison-Solano will allow inmate students to earn college credit but also have access to counseling, placement, and disability support services, according to a district press release.

The college will be able to count the inmate students into the district's official Full-Time Equivalent Students count. FTES is not a student head count, but a specific calculation the state uses to determine how much funding to send to each California community college.

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