Desert Sands plans to invest over $625k in 2026‑27 to expand college and career readiness, including CTE pathways, Professional Skills courses, dual enrollment, job training and placement, college success classes, and field trips. Current participation and completion rates in CTE and A‑G/CTE are below targets, and leadership explicitly wants stronger outreach, monitoring of course assignments, and support for EL, low‑income, and foster youth in these programs.No CTE content vendors, WBL platforms, or dual‑enrollment partners are specified beyond generic community college relationships. This opens opportunities for CTE curriculum providers (especially in graphic design, child development, and other pathways), virtual or hybrid CTE programs, work‑based learning management tools, and college‑readiness platforms that help monitor enrollment, completion, and postsecondary transition in a DASS/independent‑study context.

They reference existing CTE offerings (Graphic Design, Child Development, Professional Skills) and dual‑enrollment courses (College Success, Child Development, Psychology, Career Exploration) but not specific external vendors; evidence‑based research on dual enrollment is cited as justification for expansion.