CaliforniaCommunity colleges may teach courses in county juvenile facilities
Home community colleges may agree with county probation departments to offer college or career courses in juvenile halls, youth correctional centers, and camps.
What it does
A home community college district, or one of its colleges, may agree with a county probation department to offer academic or career courses at a county juvenile facility.
If the home district declines a request or does not act within 60 days, an outside district or college may agree to provide the requested courses at the county facility.
When an outside district or college qualifies to provide courses, the home district cannot block it; the home district may still offer its own courses.
Argument forYouth at county facilities could get more access to college or career courses when the home district does not provide the requested instruction.
Argument againstAllowing an outside district to teach after a home district declines or does not act could make it harder to coordinate courses and reporting at a facility.
More detail
A home community college district or one of its colleges may agree with a county probation department to provide courses. A home district is the community college district assigned to serve the area where the juvenile justice facility is located. The facility must be a juvenile hall, youth correctional center, or camp operated by a county probation department. The agreement is for academic or career technical education courses.
An outside community college district, or one of its colleges, may make an instructional services agreement with the county probation department. The agreement is with the county probation department for courses or programs at its juvenile justice facility. The home district must have declined the request or failed to act within 60 calendar days. The request must ask the home district to provide the requested instruction or approve an outside district or college to provide it. The law says this access is for situations where existing ways of providing courses fail to meet documented needs. Applicable agreement, funding-allocation, academic, and reporting rules still apply. The 60-day period begins when the county probation department makes its request.
The home district and its colleges must not block or interfere with the outside provider’s instruction at the facility. This applies to the home district and its colleges when an outside district or college is eligible to provide instruction at the facility. The outside provider must meet the conditions for making an agreement after the home district declines or fails to act. The home district may keep offering its own courses, and the outside provider does not receive exclusive teaching rights.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 586, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 28Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 24Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6408.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2178 Quirk-Silva Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 20In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded Special Consent AB2178 Quirk-Silva et al. By Reyes. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 20Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5591.).Passed Senate
- Aug 18Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).Minor
- Jun 22In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 8Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 4From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3).Major
- Jun 3
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 13Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR.Minor
- May 5In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 4Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4916.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 2178 Quirk-Silva Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 23Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 21).Minor
- Apr 21
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 7In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Mar 9Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.Minor
- Feb 20From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- Feb 19Read first time. To print.Introduced
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