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SB-438 • 2026

School attendance: College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.

School attendance: College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Cabaldon
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how many schools will participate in CCAP partnerships or if all types of high school classes are equally affected.

Reducing School Day Length for College Partnerships

This law allows high school students who are part of a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership to have shorter school days if they take college classes.

What This Bill Does

  • Reduces the minimum schoolday from 240 minutes to 180 minutes for high school students enrolled in CCAP partnerships when also taking community college courses.

Who It Names or Affects

  • High school students who are part of CCAP partnerships and take college classes.
  • School districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and community colleges involved in these partnerships.

Terms To Know

College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP)
A program that lets high school students take college courses while still in high school to help them prepare for careers or further education.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how many schools will participate in CCAP partnerships.
  • It is unclear if this change will affect all types of high school classes equally.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

  3. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  4. 2025-04-07 California Legislative Information

    April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  5. 2025-03-28 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 7.

  6. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 566.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  7. 2025-03-11 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing March 26.

  8. 2025-02-26 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on ED.

  9. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  10. 2025-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 438, as introduced, Cabaldon.
School attendance: College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.
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 or a county office of education, or the governing body of a charter school, as provided. Existing law provides that the minimum schoolday in any high school is 240 minutes, except as provided, including that a day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grades 11 and 12 at an early college high school or middle college high school is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled in a community college, classes of the California State University, or classes of the University of California, as specified.
This bill would additionally reduce the 240-minute minimum schoolday to instead be 180 minutes of attendance for a pupil enrolled under a CCAP
partnership if the pupil is also enrolled in a community college, as specified.

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