VA HB1041

Requires the Department of Corrections to establish a comprehensive education system for incarcerated adults including elementary, secondary, postsecondary, career and technical education, adult education, and special education schools

Lowers the functional literacy program threshold from 12th grade to 8th grade level and mandates evidence-based literacy instruction for inmates testing below that level, with implementation required by January 1, 2027

Transfers responsibility for setting teacher salary schedules in correctional facilities from the Department of Human Resource Management to the Department of Education, which must annually review and update salaries to be competitive with local school divisions

Creates the Virginia Prison Education Task Force to develop recommendations for consistent education programs across all state correctional facilities, with membership including legislators, cabinet secretaries, agency heads, and three formerly incarcerated individuals

Requires the Superintendent to publicly report annually on the number of incarcerated individuals eligible for, enrolled in, and waitlisted for literacy and education programs, and to share data with community colleges for Federal Pell Grant eligibility