San Diego Community College District and San Diego Unified boards to hold joint meeting

Increasing collaboration around educational pathways to careers and college will be the focus of discussion when the San Diego Community College District (SDCCD) and San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) governing boards hold their annual joint session on Tuesday, March 15 at 5 p.m.

The meeting is an opportunity to review progress towards joint board goals, which includes ensuring diversity, equity, inclusion and access as San Diego’s two largest educational institutions strive to create more opportunities for local students.

Among these goals are strengthening alignments between the two districts and expanding early college credit opportunities for high school students, such as dual enrollment. A status report will also be provided on the San Diego Promise free tuition program, which launched in 2016. Initially limited to graduating high school seniors, donor support has allowed the program to also accept foster youth, formerly incarcerated adults returning to the classroom, veterans, and DACA recipients.

Lincoln High School students participating in a fire technology class, taught by community college instructors as part of a dual enrollment program that offers both high school and college credit. Expansion of these programs will be among the topics discussed on March 15.

The March 15 meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format with the boards meeting in person and the public participating via the SDCCD’s YouTube channel. This is the 11th joint session of the two governing boards since 2011. The meeting will be moderated by Dr. Carl Luna, political science professor, and director for the Institute for Civil Civic Engagement.

For information on how to provide public comment at this meeting, visit https://www.sdccd.edu/board_comments/ .