CA AB 2019

Title: Early and middle college high schools and programs.
Author: Vince Fong

Summary
AB 2019, as amended, Vince Fong. Early and middle college high schools and programs. Existing law provides for the establishment of early and middle college high schools. Existing law requires each middle college high school to be structured as a broad-based, comprehensive instructional program focusing on college preparatory and school-to-work curricula, among other things. Under existing law, pupils in early college high schools begin taking college courses as soon as they demonstrate readiness and the college credit earned may be applied toward completing an associate or bachelor’s degree, transfer to a 4-year university, or obtaining a skills certificate.This bill would expand the definition of early and middle college high schools to include early and middle college programs established within a high school. The bill would require each school district, county office of education, or charter school with a middle college high school or program or an early college high school or program, to, beginning on or before March 1, 2027, and each March 1 thereafter, prepare and submit an annual report to the State Department of Education with specified information. The bill would require the department, on or before May 1, 2027, and each May 1 thereafter, to aggregate that reported information and submit a report of the information to the Legislature and the Department of Finance.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 exempt a pupil enrolled in an early college program or a middle college program from the 240-minute minimum schoolday 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.

Status
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

Bill Documents
CA AB 2019 - 03/21/24 - Amended Assembly
03/21/24 - CA AB 2019 (03/21/24 - Amended Assembly)