1. A. The Department of Corrections shall implement procedures to ensure that priority for placement of eligible inmates in education programs be given to inmates closest to their projected release dates.
2. B. Any incarcerated inmate that refuses to participate in recommended education programs shall be ineligible for earned credits as provided in Section 138.1 of Title 57 of the Oklahoma Statutes and shall jeopardize his or her eligibility for parole or participation in the Preparole Conditional Supervision Program.
3. C. Any eligible inmate who has not achieved the educational proficiency level established in Section 3 of this act, prior to the date of eligibility for parole or preparole conditional supervision, shall be required by the Pardon and Parole Board to participate in education programs approved by the Board to achieve such proficiency level or, at the discretion of the Board, to obtain a general education diploma as a condition of parole or preparole conditional supervision. If education programs are not available in the community where the inmate resides, or if the Board finds that such educational requirements would be a financial hardship on the inmate or that said inmate is not physically able to participate, the Board may waive the educational requirement set out herein.

Laws 1993, HB 1767, c. 125, § 4, emerg. eff. April 29, 1993.