Florida Dept. Of Corrections Expanding Career Online High School Program

November 29, 2014

An online program offered by an Escambia County company is expanding to offer high school programs at 15 correctional facilities in Florida.

The Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC) has announced the expansion of the FDOC Online Campus program from eight correctional facilities to 15 in the next few months, providing inmates the opportunity to complete their high school education and earn a fully accredited diploma and career certificate.  The FDOC Career Online High School is a partnership between Pensacola-based Smart Horizons Career Online Education.  The partnership with FDOC is the first of its kind in the nation for correctional facilities.

The new contract for the expanded program took effect on September 20 and the next Florida Department of Corrections facility to start using Career Online High School will be Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade County.

Six other institutions, including the Santa Rosa Correctional Institution Annex, will be added to the program over the next few months. Century Correctional Institution does not currently use the program and is not part of the planned expansion.

The program was launched by the Florida Department of Corrections in 2012 in partnership with Smart Horizons Career Online Education.  Inmates complete a career certificate as part of the program, so that they graduate with vocational skills that can be applied in a job post-release. The ultimate goal is to keep offenders from returning to prison, according to FDOC.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News