(a) An apprentice or preapprentice attending community college in classes of instruction pursuant to approved standards as provided pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code and in accordance with subdivision (d) of Section 3078 of the Labor Code or as authorized under Section 3100 of the Labor Code, shall be exempt from the requirements of any interdistrict attendance agreement for those classes.
(b) A community college shall be exempt from Section 55301 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations when establishing an apprenticeship course or program outside the territory of its community college district for nonresidents of that district when the participants in the class are indentured apprentices and the apprenticeship course or program is approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations.
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 704, Sec. 10. (AB 235) Effective September 22, 2018.)