Opportunity Education - CalEdFacts
This content is part of California Department of Education's information and media guide about education in the State of California. For similar information on other topics, visit the full CalEdFacts.Opportunity Education provides a supportive environment with specialized curriculum, instruction, guidance, and counseling; psychological services; and tutorial assistance to help students overcome barriers to learning. Opportunity Education schools, classes, and programs are designed to support students who are habitually truant and/or irregular in attendance, need to unlearn other negative behaviors, or are unsuccessful academically. Opportunity Education is not a permanent placement but a short-term intervention to ensure that students will succeed when they return to their regular classrooms. The intent is always to provide as much instruction as possible within the traditional class environment, with the balance of the day in opportunity instruction.
According to the California School Directory, as of May 2023, there were 21 Opportunity schools. Student enrollment in Opportunity programs and classes in traditional schools is not collected.
The use of funds for this program is now at the discretion of the administration in each school district as part of the Local Control Funding Formula.