The expansion will allow more people to participate in prison education programs while the department prepares for across-the-board Pell Grant access for incarcerated students. Incarcerated students will be able to use Second Chance Pell in even more prison education programs across the country. The Second Chance Pell Experimental Sites Initiative will be expanded for the 2022-23 award year to allow another 69 colleges and universities to participate, paving the way for even more incarcerated individuals to gain access to higher education. A maximum of 200 two- and four-year colleges will be able to offer prison education programs with the support of the Pell Grant, up from the 131 institutions currently participating. The department is also planning to broaden the geographic scope of Second Chance Pell, with the goal of having programs in most or all 50 states.
