Pupil instruction: dual enrollment: College and Career Access Pathways partnerships.

Assembly Member Fong's dual enrollment legislation aims to expand access to college courses for high school students by modifying California's College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership requirements. The bill eliminates the need for principal recommendations in the enrollment process while maintaining parental consent requirements, and removes the four-course limit per term for students taking up to 15 units through CCAP programs.

The legislation broadens course delivery options, allowing CCAP classes to be offered in-person at high schools or community colleges, as well as through synchronous or asynchronous online formats. For asynchronous online courses, community colleges must provide comprehensive support services including academic counseling, tutoring, technical assistance, and progress monitoring. Both partnering institutions must designate liaisons to coordinate communications and resolve implementation issues.

The bill also revises reporting requirements to focus on student outcomes rather than course enrollment numbers. Community colleges and their K-12 partners must now track and report the number of students who complete 12 or more college units by graduation, earn certificates, or fulfill requirements for associate degrees. These changes aim to measure program effectiveness through student achievement while maintaining existing protections against faculty displacement and ensuring alignment with community colleges' core mission.