ACOE serves students grades 7-12 who are under expulsion order from their home district. Typically, students who regularly attend a county school, get good grades, and complete the terms of their rehabilitation plan are eligible to re-enroll in their home district.
Any student under the supervision of the probation department, after having violated a law defined as a crime (602 WIC wards of the Court), may come to an ACOE school. Typically these students come to community school after spending time in court school, though they can be referred by probation without having been incarcerated. These students also have the right to return to school in their home district.
Youth who are in a group home or other foster care, youth identified as qualifying under McKinney-Vento, and youth under the guardianship of child welfare are automatically eligible to be served in county schools. These students may be served by district schools if they prefer, but are automatically eligible to enroll in county schools if requested by their educational rights holder.
If a student is pregnant or parenting, and the home district is not able to provide a parenting program, the student may attend a county school. ACOE runs schools for teen parents at two separate sites in Oakland and Hayward. Each location includes on-site child care so teens can continue their education.
All homeless youth can enroll in county schools. Homeless youth are individuals who lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, including those:
ACOE can help homeless youth enroll in our schools or stay enrolled in their home schools. We can also often help with transportation vouchers and school supplies.
All foster youth, whether in a group home or other foster care, attend county schools. These students may be served by district schools if they prefer, but are automatically eligible to enroll in county schools if requested by their educational rights holder. ACOE also offers special help to foster youth throughout Alameda County. Learn more about tutoring, mentoring, and enrollment assistance for foster youth.
As part of ACOE’s partnership with Alameda County Probation, ACOE can recommend that a youth be assigned informal probation under WIC Code 601. This is limited to students who, by school attendance or circumstances of life, have exhausted the resources of their home districts or cannot be effectively served by them. These students generally fall into two categories:
ACOE programs may enroll infants and toddlers, birth to 3 years of age, with one of the following:
Learn more about the Infant and Family Support Program.
School districts have primary responsibility for serving the students in their communities. ACOE supports students who can’t be served by a district or who need special programs not offered in their district, including:
Students are referred to ACOE schools through their school district of residence, child welfare agency or the probation department. Enrollment is for one semester to a calendar year and may be extended.
► County Community Schools Enrollment Criteria
► Download the County Community School Referral Form