Are Prison Education Programs Required To Be Offered Using a Particular Method Of Delivery Or Mode Of Instruction?

No. According to PEP-Q5/A5 on the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) PEPs Q&A website "Classes offered to confined or incarcerated individuals through an eligible PEP may be offered in any format. If the classes are offered using distance education or correspondence, the school must be approved to offer classes in those formats by the school’s accrediting agency, as well as the oversight entity (the Federal Bureau of Prisons or State Department of Corrections) if applicable. Any of these agencies or entities may also prohibit or restrict a method of delivery or mode of instruction.

Additionally, a school that offers an eligible PEP to confined or incarcerated individuals at a correctional facility through distance education or correspondence courses will be required to report that facility as an additional location, even if the school is not otherwise offering instruction at the physical location"