RE: Question 2: Single curriculum-What's in the Plan

Students generally have 
two options
at high school graduation: either work or college. However, "it is inaccurate to say that many have a genuine choice ... the choice ... is usually made far before high school graduation, typically via course choices made by students with incomplete information." To help students keep a postsecondary education option open, "California's education system must change the common perception that less is expected of students bound for the workplace or community college than of those who intend to go to a baccalaureate degree-granting college or university." The Plan says "all schools must offer academic programs and coursework
that provide every student an equitable opportunity to qualify for admission to, and succeed in, any of California's public postsecondary institutions, and that simultaneously qualify them for an array of jobs in today's workforce and the continually emerging information economy." Recommendation 
12
is accordingly "The State shall set ambitious learning goals and provide all students a challenging K-12 curriculum, including preparation for postsecondary education." 
Recommendations 

24
and 25 (scroll down from 24) discuss guidance on the transitions from high school and college and from school to employment. Recommendation 

12.3
would provide students the opportunity to "opt out" of this curriculum and work under a personalized learning plan.