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Frequently Asked Questions: Dual Enrollment

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the instructional time and attendance accounting requirements for dual enrollment.
  1. Is a community college instructor, teaching a course at the partnering high school campus, required to be a certificated employee of the school district or charter school in order for it to claim attendance for the purpose of apportionment? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  2. If a college instructor is teaching a college course on a high school campus as part of a College and Career Access Pathway (CCAP) partnership agreement and the college is claiming full-time equivalent students, does the instructor need to be a certificated employee of the school district or charter school? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  3. Is there a situation where a community college course can be offered during a high school day where both the high school counts the course toward annual and daily minutes and the community college receives apportionment? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  4. Is a dually enrolled school district student required to be scheduled for a minimum instructional day in order to generate attendance for the purpose of apportionment funding? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  5. Are there any classroom-based scheduling requirements for a student dually enrolled at a charter school and a California State University (CSU), University of California (UC), or community college? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  6. If a college course is offered on a school district's high school campus during the normal school day, namely during a class period, and the college course is not being counted towards instructional minutes; would that comply with the Education Code? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  7. Can an Early College High School (ECHS) or a Middle College High School (MCHS) within a district use the averaging of two instructional days to meet the 180 minutes of daily instruction? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  8. Do passing period minutes count toward the 180-minutes total? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  9. How should school districts or charter schools address calendar differences between community colleges and school districts or charter schools? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  10. Do Early College High Schools (ECHS) and programs or Middle College High Schools (MCHS) and programs have annual instructional day and minute requirements? (New 01-Sept-2021)
  11. Can local educational agencies (LEAs) offer dual enrollment offerings through independent study? (New-12-Sept-2023)
  12. Do the instructional time and attendance accounting requirements in the dual enrollment Education Code (EC) sections apply to students who participate in dual enrollment through independent study? (New-12-Sept-2023)
Questions:   Principal Apportionment Section | attendanceaccounting@cde.ca.gov | 916-324-4541
Last Reviewed: Wednesday, September 11, 2024
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