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Pen. Code, § 2053.4 · Article 1. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties of Department and Director of Corrections

Pen. Code, § 2053.4

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall appoint a Superintendent of Correctional Education, who shall oversee and administer all prison education programs. The Superintendent of Correctional Education shall set both short- and long-term goals for inmate literacy and testing and career technical education programs, and shall establish priorities for prison academic and career technical education programs.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 789, Sec. 2. (AB 1019) Effective January 1, 2014.

Source of truth

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As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN&sectionNum=2053.4.
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