§ 46146.5

(a) A day of attendance is 180 minutes for a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 in an early college high school, a middle college high school, or dual enrollment courses offered by a local educational agency with a College and Career Access Pathways partnership agreement consistent with the requirements of Section 76004 if the pupil is also enrolled part time in courses of the California State University or the University of California for which academic credit will be provided upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.

(b) A day of attendance is 180 minutes for a pupil enrolled in an early college high school, a middle college high school, or dual enrollment courses offered by a local educational agency with a College and Career Access Pathways partnership agreement who is also a special part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.

(c) A day of attendance is 240 minutes for a pupil enrolled in an early college high school, a middle college high school, or dual enrollment courses offered by a local educational agency with a College and Career Access Pathways partnership agreement who does not satisfy subdivision (a) or (b).

(d) For a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school, for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance of a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 for a minimum of 50 percent of the minimum instructional time required to be offered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5 if the pupil is also enrolled part time in courses of the California State University or the University of California for which academic credit will be provided upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.

(e) For a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school, for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance of a pupil for a minimum of 50 percent of the minimum instructional time required to be offered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5 if the pupil is also a special part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.

(f) For a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school and who does not satisfy the attendance and enrollment requirements of subdivision (d) or (e), for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance of the pupil for a minimum of 67 percent of the minimum instructional time required to be offered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5.

(g) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “College and Career Access Pathways partnership agreement” has the same meaning as described in Section 76004.

(2) “Early college high school” has the same meaning as described in Section 11302.

(3) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.

(4) “Middle college high school” has the same meaning as described in Section 11300.

(h) The requirements of this section shall be subject to annual audits, which shall be conducted pursuant to Section 41020.

(Amended by Stats. 2026, Ch. 250, Sec. 18. (SB 133) Effective September 18, 2026.)