Pupil instruction: dual enrollment programs: regional occupational centers or programs: migrant education: migrant regions.

The California Assembly Committee on Education proposes expanding dual enrollment opportunities and migrant education services through amendments that authorize regional occupational centers to establish middle college high schools and enter College and Career Access Pathways partnerships with community colleges. The legislation allows these centers to apply for competitive grants of up to $250,000 to create middle college programs or $100,000 to form CCAP partnerships focused on college preparation and career technical education.

The bill modifies existing collaboration requirements between the California Community Colleges and the Department of Education to include regional occupational centers, requiring joint monitoring of program viability, student outcomes, and implementation support. New provisions mandate that CCAP partnerships prioritize enrollment for underrepresented students while maintaining protections against displacing current faculty or reducing course access at partner institutions.

The measure also updates the definition of migrant education regions to encompass county offices of education, school districts, and nonprofit agencies, either individually or in combination. Annual reporting requirements will track program participation, course completion rates, and demographic data through the California Cradle-to-Career Data System. As an urgency statute, these changes would take effect immediately upon passage to ensure timely implementation of the expanded educational pathways.