{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"48010","citation":"Ed. Code, § 48010","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4"},{"name":"PART 27. PUPILS [48000. - 49703.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. Admission [48000. - 48071.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Elementary Schools [48010. - 48011.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-27/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 705, Sec. 4.   (SB 1381)   Effective January 1, 2011.","effective":"2011-01-01","html":"<p>(a) A child shall be admitted to the first grade of an elementary school during the first month of a school year if the child will have his or her sixth birthday on or before one of the following dates:</p><p>(1) December 2 of the 2011–12 school year.</p><p>(2) November 1 of the 2012–13 school year.</p><p>(3) October 1 of the 2013–14 school year.</p><p>(4) September 1 of the 2014–15 school year and each school year thereafter.</p><p>(b) For good cause, the governing board of a school district may permit a child of proper age to be admitted to a class after the first school month of the school term.</p>","text":"(a) A child shall be admitted to the first grade of an elementary school during the first month of a school year if the child will have his or her sixth birthday on or before one of the following dates: (1) December 2 of the 2011–12 school year. (2) November 1 of the 2012–13 school year. (3) October 1 of the 2013–14 school year. (4) September 1 of the 2014–15 school year and each school year thereafter. (b) For good cause, the governing board of a school district may permit a child of proper age to be admitted to a class after the first school month of the school term.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/elementary-schools-48010","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}