Plain English Breakdown
The bill text specifies that students can complete one application for their duration as a special part-time student, which aligns with the candidate's claim about simplifying applications.
Changes to College and Career Access Pathways Partnerships
This law changes rules for high school students in dual enrollment programs by removing the need for a principal's recommendation, allowing unlimited courses per term within unit limits, simplifying applications, and changing how schools report student success.
What This Bill Does
- Removes the rule that requires partnership protocols to ask for a principal's written recommendation for students joining these programs.
- Requires partnership agreements to let students submit one application form for their entire time in the program as special part-time students.
- Eliminates the limit of four college courses per term for students taking up to 15 units under a CCAP agreement.
- Changes annual reports from counting total course enrollments to tracking how many high school pupils finish at least 12 units, earn a certificate, or complete an associate degree.
Who It Names or Affects
- High school students participating in College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnerships
- Community college districts and their governing boards
- School districts, county offices of education, and charter schools
Terms To Know
- Dual Enrollment
- A program where high school students take community college courses to earn credit.
- CCAP Partnership
- An agreement between a community college and a K-12 school or charter to offer dual enrollment opportunities for specific student groups.
- Special Part-Time Student
- A high school student who is allowed to take classes at a community college while still in high school under this program.
Limits and Unknowns
- The official text does not state the specific date when these changes will officially begin.
- The source material lists what must be reported but does not explain how schools should collect or handle the new data beyond reporting requirements.