California Code, Education Code - EDC § 8092

(a) A school district or districts, a county superintendent or superintendents, or the governing body of any agency maintaining a regional occupational center or program may contract with a private postsecondary school that is authorized or approved pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 94300) of Part 59 and that has been in operation not less than two full calendar years prior to the effective date of the contract, to provide career technical skill training authorized by this code.  A school district, community college district, or county superintendent of schools may contract with an activity center, work activity center, or sheltered workshop to provide career technical skill training authorized by this code in an adult education program for adults with disabilities operated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 41976.

(b) A contract between a public entity and a private postsecondary school entered into pursuant to this section, or an activity center, work activity center, or sheltered workshop, shall do all of the following:

(c) The students who attend a private postsecondary school or an activity center, work activity center, or sheltered workshop pursuant to a contract under this section shall be enrollees of the public entity and the career technical instruction provided pursuant to that contract shall be under the exclusive control and management of the governing body of the contracting public entity.

(d) The Department of Finance and the State Department of Education may audit the accounts of both the public entity and the private party involved in these contracts to the extent necessary to ensure the integrity of the public funds involved.