SB 5203 - DIGEST

Requires the secretary of the department of corrections to award a nongovernmental agency experienced with preapprenticeship training and employment navigation with one hundred thousand dollars annually to establish an apprenticeship opportunity pilot program at the Monroe correctional complex.

Requires the nongovernmental agency partner to: (1) Provide former inmates with the requisite tools and other support services to increase the likelihood of former inmates completing their apprenticeships; and

(2) Track certain information regarding the participating inmate for two years after his or her release.

Expires January 1, 2024.