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PART 22. SCHOOL OPERATIONS [37060. - 37712.]

Part 22 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 37060–37712 · 75 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Maintenance of Schools §§ 37060–37086 · 4 sections
    1. ARTICLE 5. Junior High Schools §§ 37060–37086 · 4 sections
      • § 37060 The governing board of a county, a high school district, a union high school district, or a joint union high school district may establish a junior high school…
      • § 37085 Any school district within a junior high school or system of junior high schools, maintained by the governing board of a county, union, or joint union high…
      • § 37085.5 If a school district withdraws from a junior high school system pursuant to a vote in favor of withdrawal pursuant to Section 37085, there shall not be an…
      • § 37086 Election proceedings may be commenced upon by either of the following means: (a) A petition signed by thirty-five percent (35%) of the registered voters…
  2. CHAPTER 2. School Calendar §§ 37200–37223 · 22 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Generally §§ 37200–37202 · 3 sections
      • § 37200 The school year begins on the first day of July and ends on the last day of June.
      • § 37201 (a) A school month is 20 days or four weeks of five days each, including legal holidays but excluding weekend makeup classes. For the purposes of counting…
      • § 37202 (a) Except if a school has been closed by order of a city or a county board of health, or of the State Board of Health, on account of contagious disease, or if…
    2. ARTICLE 3. Saturdays and Holidays §§ 37220–37223 · 19 sections
      • § 37220 (a) Except as otherwise provided, the public schools shall close on the following holidays: (1) January 1. (2) The third Monday in January or the Monday or…
      • § 37220.5 (a) In addition to the holidays prescribed in Section 37220, public schools may be closed on March 31, known as “Cesar Chavez Day,” or the appropriate Monday…
      • § 37220.6 (a) There is hereby created the Cesar Chavez Day of Service and Learning program to promote service to the communities of California in honor of the life and…
      • § 37220.7 (a) In addition to the holidays prescribed in Section 37220, public schools may be closed on April 24, known as “Genocide Remembrance Day,” the 15th day of the…
      • § 37221 Unless closed by the governing board pursuant to paragraph (13) of subdivision (a) of Section 37220, the public schools shall remain open on, but shall…
      • § 37222 (a) On each day designated and set apart as a day having special significance, all public schools and educational institutions are encouraged to observe that…
      • § 37222.10 (a) The second Wednesday in May of each year is designated and set apart as the Day of the Teacher, a day having special significance pursuant to Section…
      • § 37222.11 (a) April 21 of each year is designated and set apart as John Muir Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On John Muir Day, all…
      • § 37222.12 (a) April 6 of each year is designated and set apart as California Poppy Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On California…
      • § 37222.13 (a) May 22 of each year is designated and set apart as Harvey Milk Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On Harvey Milk Day,…
      • § 37222.14 (a) March 30 of each year is designated and set apart as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On…
      • § 37222.15 (a) January 30 of each year is designated and set apart as Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, a day having special significance…
      • § 37222.16 (a) February 6 of each year is designated and set apart as Ronald Reagan Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On Ronald Reagan…
      • § 37222.17 (a) January 23 of each year is designated and set apart as Ed Roberts Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On Ed Roberts Day,…
      • § 37222.18 (a) October 25 of each year is designated and set apart as Larry Itliong Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On Larry Itliong…
      • § 37222.19 (a) The date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice of each year, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should an…
      • § 37222.20 (a) April 10 of each year is designated and set apart as Dolores Huerta Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b) On Dolores Huerta…
      • § 37222.21 (a) September 11 of each year is designated and set apart as September 11th Remembrance Day, a day having special significance pursuant to Section 37222. (b)…
      • § 37223 (a) The governing board of any elementary, high school, or unified school district or any county superintendent of schools may maintain classes on Saturday or…
  3. CHAPTER 5. Continuous School Programs §§ 37600–37644 · 20 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 37600 · 1 section
      • § 37600 It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to authorize public school districts of any type or class to establish, maintain, and…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Establishment and Maintenance §§ 37610–37620 · 11 sections
      • § 37610 The governing board of any school district may, after notification to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, establish and operate in one or more of the…
      • § 37611 Whenever the governing board of any school district, pursuant to Section 37610, determines to operate one or more schools of the district on a continuous…
      • § 37612 If after notice of intention has been given to establish and operate a continuous school program in a manner so as to require any pupil to enroll in a…
      • § 37613 An election ordered or requested to be held pursuant to Section 37612 may be consolidated with the next districtwide election held 80 or more days after the…
      • § 37614 (a) The ballot proposition used in an election called pursuant to Section 37613 shall contain the words “For the continuous school program of the (name of…
      • § 37615 If a continuous school program operated in such a manner as to require any pupil to enroll in the program is terminated by the governing board or prohibited…
      • § 37616 Prior to implementing a continuous school program in any school of the district, the school district governing board shall consult in good faith in an effort…
      • § 37617 The governing board of any school district operating pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall divide the students of each selected school into as many…
      • § 37618 The governing board of any school district operating pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall establish a school calendar whereby the teaching sessions…
      • § 37619 Each selected school shall be closed for all students and employees on regular school holidays specified in Article 3 (commencing with Section 37220) of…
      • § 37620 The teaching sessions and vacation periods established pursuant to Section 37618 shall be established without reference to the school year as defined in…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Elements §§ 37630–37632 · 3 sections
      • § 37630 The provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 48200), Article 3 (commencing with Section 48220) to Article 6 (commencing with Section 48290) of Chapter…
      • § 37631 The courses of instruction offered at a school maintained pursuant to this chapter shall meet all applicable requirements of law, including the requirements…
      • § 37632 The governing board of any school district operating the continuous school program pursuant to this chapter shall prescribe a separate salary schedule for the…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Finances §§ 37640–37644 · 5 sections
      • § 37640 Each school district maintaining a continuous school program in any school within the district pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to receive the same…
      • § 37641 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prescribe an appropriate procedure for the computation of allowances, apportionments, and disbursements from the…
      • § 37642 The allowances, disbursements, and apportionments under this article shall be made with respect to any school district maintaining a continuous school program…
      • § 37643 The Superintendent of Public Instruction may provide for the actual disbursement of the apportionments to the school district maintaining the continuous school…
      • § 37644 Any school district with an average daily attendance of more than 500 which, prior to July 1, 1979, converts one or more schools to a continuous school program…
  4. CHAPTER 5.5. Year-Round Scheduling §§ 37670–37695 · 19 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Multitrack Year-Round Scheduling §§ 37670–37672 · 3 sections
      • § 37670 (a) Except as provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 37680), a school district may operate a program of multitrack year-round scheduling at one or more…
      • § 37671 Schools in programs conducted pursuant to Section 37670 shall be exempted from the requirements of Section 37202.
      • § 37672 (a) No pupil participating in programs as described in Section 37670 shall be credited with more than one day of attendance in any calendar day, except as…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Concept 6 Class Scheduling §§ 37680–37695 · 16 sections
      • § 37680 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Capacity-related busing” means transporting a pupil to a school other than…
      • § 37681 (a) Commencing with the 2004–05 school year, a school district may not operate a Concept 6 program, unless the school district operated a Concept 6 program…
      • § 37682 (a) As a condition of operating a Concept 6 program at a school in the 2004–05 school year or thereafter, a district shall, by January 1, 2005, present to the…
      • § 37683 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall evaluate a comprehensive action plan submitted by a district and shall make recommendations to the state…
      • § 37684 (a) A district operating a Concept 6 program shall report each January to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who shall report to the state board, on…
      • § 37685 (a) A district that plans to operate a Concept 6 program after June 30, 2006, shall, by July 1, 2006, and by July 1 of any succeeding year in which it plans to…
      • § 37686 (a) If a district fails to meet its annual numerical goals for any two consecutive years between 2005 and 2012, the district shall be prohibited from all the…
      • § 37687 (a) A district that plans to operate a Concept 6 program after June 30, 2009, shall by July 1 of 2009, and by July 1 of any succeeding year in which it plans…
      • § 37688 (a) If on or after July 31, 2008, and any succeeding year in which a district operates a Concept 6 program, the state board finds that a district has failed to…
      • § 37689 (a) In addition to Section 37688, on or after July 31, 2009, if the state board determines that the failure of a district to achieve substantial progress or…
      • § 37690 All reports required by a district to be submitted to a state agency pursuant to this article shall be made available to the public. An interested party shall…
      • § 37691 A Concept 6 program conducted pursuant to this article is eligible for apportionment from the State School Fund.
      • § 37692 On or before July 1, 2008, the department, in consultation with the Office of Public School Construction, shall conduct a survey to determine whether the…
      • § 37693 (a) A Concept 6 program may not be operated after July 1, 2012, or such earlier date as may be prescribed by the Legislature pursuant to Section 37692. (b)…
      • § 37694 A school district operating a Concept 6 program is exempt from the requirements of Section 37202.
      • § 37695 (a) A pupil participating in a Concept 6 program shall not be credited with more than one day of attendance in any calendar day, except as permitted in Section…
  5. CHAPTER 6. Four-Day School Week §§ 37700–37712 · 10 sections
    • § 37700 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Big Sur Unified School District, the Leggett Valley Unified School District, and the Reeds Creek Elementary School…
    • § 37701 The school district shall provide on an annual basis, while operating a school on a four-day school week, not less than 560 hours of instructional time for…
    • § 37702 Prior to operating a school on a four-day school week, the school district shall secure the approval of the governing board of the district and of any…
    • § 37703 A school site council in the school district shall be involved in the planning and evaluation of a four-day school week.
    • § 37704 The school district shall consider the impact of the longer schoolday on primary grade pupils, and the impact of the four-day school week on working parents…
    • § 37706 If a school district elects to operate a school on a four-day school week as authorized by this chapter, the school district shall be entitled to receive the…
    • § 37707 If the school district elects to operate a school on a four-day school week pursuant to this chapter, the reduced number of schooldays in the school district…
    • § 37710 If a school operating on a four-day school week pursuant to Section 37710.3, 37710.5, 37711, or 37712 fails to achieve its Academic Performance Index growth…
    • § 37711 Beginning in the 2004–05 fiscal year, the following school districts in San Diego County may operate one or more schools in their respective districts on a…
    • § 37712 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing with the 2025–26 school year, the Stony Creek Joint Unified School District may operate one or more schools on a…