The board of governors shall adopt regulations that authorize the director of the Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services at each community college to accept students who are enrolled in at least nine units into the NextUp program. Students enrolled in fewer than nine units may be accepted into the NextUp program if enrollment is part of an education plan designed to move the student toward subsequent enrollment in at least nine units.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 572, Sec. 6. (AB 190) Effective September 27, 2022. See ongoing operational condition prescribed in Section 79227.)