(MAY 20, 2026) —  CVHEC Executive Director Benjamin Duran and Elaine Cash, dual enrollment co-lead, presented the consortium’s Dual Enrollment Playbook at the “Vision 2030 Regional Workshop: Aligning District, Region, And State Plans” May 4 and 5 in Bakersfield.

The event was sponsored by the Central Valley Mother Lode Regional Consortium and California Community Colleges.

Released in March, the 57-page report — “Rural Dual Enrollment in Action: Lessons and Strategies from California’s Central Valley” — chronicles how several CVHEC-member community colleges have developed effective and replicable dual enrollment models with a rural feeder high school despite challenges such as geographic isolation, limited staffing and scarce resources. It is also intended as a general reference for school districts seeking to establish dual enrollment at their respective campuses.

Featuring eight case studies in this first issue, the playbook will be updated annually, adding new data and stories as dual enrollment continues to grow and evolve across the region.