In administering programs receiving funds reserved under Sec. 403.180(b)(5) for criminal offenders, each State corrections educational agency designated under Sec. 403.100(a) shall--
(a) Give special consideration to providing--
(1) Services to offenders who are completing their sentences and preparing for release; and
(2) Grants for the establishment of vocational education programs in correctional institutions that do not have such programs;
(b) Provide vocational education programs for women who are incarcerated;
(c) Improve equipment; and
(d) In cooperation with eligible recipients, administer and coordinate vocational education services to offenders before and after their release. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2336(b))