Pupils: attendance at community college.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize a pupil who meets specified criteria to attend community college. Existing law limits the number of pupils a principal is authorized to recommend for community college summer session pursuant to those provisions to 5% of the total number of pupils in any grade level, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, exempts from the 5% limitation pupils who meet specified requirements, including the requirement that the course is part of a College and Career Access Pathways program, and who enroll in certain community college courses, and prohibits the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges from including enrollment growth attributable to pupils enrolled pursuant to these provisions as part of its annual budget request for the California Community Colleges. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to annually report to the Department of Finance the number of pupils who enrolled and received a passing grade in a community college summer session course as part of a College and Career Access Pathways program. Until January 1, 2027, this bill would extend the exemption described above, would additionally exempt from the 5% limitation pupils who are enrolled in certain community college courses, would explicitly provide that the 5% limitation applies to pupils enrolled in physical education courses at the community colleges under these provisions, would prohibit the Board of Governors from including enrollment growth attributable to pupils enrolled pursuant to these provisions as part of its annual budget request for the California Community Colleges, and would require the chancellor to report to the department the number of pupils who enrolled and received a passing grade in a community college summer session course under these provisions.