AB-2178 • 2026

Community colleges: county probation departments: instructional service agreements.

Children Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Quirk-Silva (A) , Pacheco
Last action: 2026-04-23
Official status: Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on funding or the impact on existing educational programs, leaving these points as unknowns.

Community Colleges and County Probation Departments: Instructional Service Agreements

This act allows a local community college district or an associated institution to provide academic or career technical education courses at juvenile justice facilities operated by county probation departments, with provisions for non-local colleges if the local college cannot respond within 90 days.

What This Bill Does

Allows a home community college district or an eligible institution associated with it to enter into an agreement with a county probation department to provide academic or career technical education courses at juvenile justice facilities.
Permits another community college district, or an eligible institution associated with it, to offer courses if the local college does not respond within 90 days of being asked.
Prohibits the home community college district and its associated institutions from preventing other colleges from teaching at these facilities.

Who It Names or Affects

Community college districts
County probation departments
Juvenile justice facility administrators

Terms To Know

Home community college district: The local community college district closest to a juvenile justice facility.
Eligible institution associated with the home or non-home community college district: An institution that can enter into an instructional services agreement on behalf of the community college district.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify what happens if multiple non-local colleges want to teach at the same facility.
The bill does not provide details on how funding for these courses will be handled.
It's unclear how this act will affect existing educational programs in juvenile justice facilities.

Bill History

2026-04-23 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2026-04-22 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21).
2026-04-07 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2178, as introduced, Quirk-Silva.
Community colleges: county probation departments: instructional service agreements.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to operate campuses and provide instruction.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership with the governing board of a school district, a county office of education, or the governing body of a charter school for the purpose of offering or expanding dual enrollment opportunities for pupils who may not already be college bound or who are underrepresented in higher education, as provided. Existing law authorizes the office of the Chancellor
of the California Community Colleges to establish the Rising Scholars Network to enter into agreements with community colleges to provide additional funds for services in support of postsecondary education for justice-involved students, as defined.
This bill, the Juvenile Justice Education Access and Equity Act, would authorize a home community college district, as defined, or an eligible institution associated with the home community college district, to enter into an instructional services agreement with a county probation department to provide academic or career technical education courses at a juvenile justice facility operated by the county probation department. The bill would authorize a non-home community college district, or an eligible institution associated with the non-home community college district, to enter into an instructional services agreement with a county probation department if the home community college district and associated eligible
institutions are unable, unwilling, or fail to provide requested academic or career technical education courses to a juvenile justice facility within 90 days of a written request from the administrator of the juvenile justice facility. The bill would prohibit the home community college district and associated eligible institutions from prohibiting, blocking, or otherwise interfering with the ability of the non-home community college district, or an eligible institution associated with the non-home community college district, to provide instruction at the juvenile justice facility, as provided.

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