The governor has proposed $100 million in one-time funding for dual enrollment, and the recent trailer bill language looks to continue and expand the College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) grant program. This would strengthen CCAP and target funding towards schools serving a higher-than-average proportion of unduplicated pupils; prioritize funding for schools that do not currently have a CCAP program; and expand access to rigorous, transferable college coursework for justice-involved youth.
The trailer bill language also underscores dual credit, names regional occupation programs and centers as allowable partners for CCAP, and allows CCAP students to be able to meet full ADA with 180 instructional minutes, just like middle and early college high school students. Future dialogue with the governor’s office and deliberations by the legislature will consider and potentially refine this language.