PENDLETON â More than two months after the Oregon Department of Corrections informally agreed to a new deal with the stateâs community colleges, Blue Mountain Community College is closing in on a new contract to continue offering adult education classes at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution and Two Rivers Correctional Institution.
As a part of the new deal, BMCC no longer negotiates directly with the state prison system to pay for its programs. Instead, the DOC now has an agreement with the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission, which is negotiating contracts with BMCC and the other community colleges that offer adult education courses in state prisons.