CHAPTER 2. Attendance—Maximum Credit—Minimum Day [46100. - 46211.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 46100–46211 · 44 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Generally § 46100 · 1 section

   • § 46100 The governing board of each school district shall, subject to the provisions of this chapter, fix the length of the schoolday for the several grades and…
2. ARTICLE 2. Kindergarten and Elementary Schools §§ 46110–46120 · 10 sections

   • § 46110 No pupil in a kindergarten or in any grade of an elementary school shall be credited with more than one day of attendance in any calendar day and nothing in…
   • § 46111 (a) (1) A pupil in a kindergarten shall not be kept in school in any day more than four hours excluding recesses except for pupils in Early Primary Programs,…
   • § 46112 The minimum schoolday in grades 1, 2, and 3 in elementary schools, except in opportunity schools, classes, or programs, is 230 minutes, except where the…
   • § 46113 The minimum schoolday in grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in elementary schools and in special day and evening classes of an elementary school district, except in…
   • § 46114 (a) The minimum schoolday in grades 1, 2, and 3 in elementary schools may be computed by determining the number of minutes of attendance in any 10 consecutive…
   • § 46115 The minimum schoolday in kindergartens and in grades 1 to 8, inclusive, in elementary schools, is exclusive of noon intermissions and, except in kindergartens,…
   • § 46117 The minimum schoolday for pupils in kindergartens is 180 minutes inclusive of recesses, and no units of average daily attendance shall be credited for…
   • § 46118 A single-session kindergarten class shall meet all of the following criteria: (a) The class is maintained for a minimum of 180 minutes per schoolday. (b) The…
   • § 46119 The governing board of a school district which has fewer than 40 pupils enrolled in kindergarten classes may make application to the Superintendent of Public…
   • § 46120 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that all local educational agencies offer all unduplicated pupils in classroom-based instructional programs access…
3. ARTICLE 3. Junior High School and High School §§ 46140–46149 · 13 sections

   • § 46140 No pupil in a high school, other than a pupil enrolled in a regional occupational center or program, evening high school, continuation high school, or…
   • § 46140.1 It is the intent of the Legislature that the term “pupil in a vocational education program occupationally organized and conducted under federal approval,” as…
   • § 46140.5 Any school district which was credited with attendance of pupils pursuant to Section 46140 under a vocational education program occupationally organized and…
   • § 46141 The minimum schoolday in a high school is 240 minutes, except in an evening high school, an early college high school, a middle college high school, a dual…
   • § 46142 (a) The minimum schoolday in any junior high school or high school described in Section 46141 may be computed by determining the number of minutes of…
   • § 46144 The minimum day in a special day or a Saturday vocational training program and for a pupil enrolled in a work experience education program approved under…
   • § 46144.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, commencing with the 2008–09 fiscal year, the minimum schoolday for a pupil concurrently enrolled in regular secondary school…
   • § 46145 Commencing with the first semester or quarter that begins after January 1, 1984, pupils in grade 12 shall be enrolled in at least five courses each semester or…
   • § 46146 (a) A day of attendance in grades 11 and 12 is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled part time in classes of the California State University…
   • § 46146.5 (a) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 in an early college high school, a middle college high school, or dual enrollment courses…
   • § 46147 Notwithstanding the 180-minute minimum day requirement of Section 46144, the governing board of any school district may permit a 12th-grade pupil in his or her…
   • § 46148 (a) (1) The schoolday for high schools, including high schools operated as charter schools, shall begin no earlier than 8:30 a.m. (2) The schoolday for middle…
   • § 46149 Notwithstanding any other law, a school district, county office of education, or charter school that offers grades 10 and 12 shall also offer and enroll pupils…
4. ARTICLE 3.5. State High School Attendance Awards § 46150 · 1 section

   • § 46150 It is the intent of the Legislature that efforts by high school faculty, staff, and students to improve student attendance at their schools be recognized. It…
5. ARTICLE 4. Alternative Schedule—Junior High and High School §§ 46160–46162 · 3 sections

   • § 46160 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a school district that maintains a junior high school or high school may schedule classes in…
   • § 46161 If a pupil attends classes pursuant to a schedule adopted under the authority of this chapter, he shall be deemed to have complied with all of the requirements…
   • § 46162 Prior to implementing a program under the provisions of this chapter in any school of the district, the school district governing board shall consult in good…
6. ARTICLE 5. Minimum Day—Continuation Schools § 46170 · 1 section

   • § 46170 (a) In continuation high schools and continuation education classes, a day of attendance is 180 minutes of attendance, but no pupil shall be credited with more…
7. ARTICLE 6. Opportunity Schools § 46180 · 1 section

   • § 46180 The minimum day in an opportunity school or opportunity class is 180 minutes. A pupil may be enrolled in an opportunity program for not less than a class…
8. ARTICLE 7. Adult School § 46191 · 1 section

   • § 46191 (a) In classes for adults maintained for adults in any county jail, or any correctional facility, including any county industrial farm or county or joint…
9. ARTICLE 8. Incentives for Longer Instructional Day and Year §§ 46200–46208 · 11 sections

   • § 46200 For a school district that received an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, as it read on January 1, 2013, and that offers less than 180…
   • § 46200.5 (a) For a county office of education that operates a special day class or special day classes pursuant to Section 56364.2 and that offers fewer than 180 days…
   • § 46201 (a) For each school district that received an apportionment pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, as it read on January 1, 2013, and that reduces the…
   • § 46201.5 (a) For a county office of education that operates a special day class or special day classes pursuant to Section 56364.2 and that reduces the amount of…
   • § 46201.6 Any school district that elected not to participate in either or both of the longer-day and longer-year incentive funding programs set forth in this article…
   • § 46202 If a school district that does not participate in the program set forth in Sections 46200 to 46206, inclusive, as those sections read on January 1, 2013,…
   • § 46203 Amounts apportioned to school districts pursuant to this article shall supplement, and not supplant, apportionments received pursuant to any other provision of…
   • § 46205 (a) For purposes of this article, instructional time for school districts conducting early-late instructional programs in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8,…
   • § 46206 (a) The State Board of Education may waive the fiscal penalties set forth in this article for a school district or county office of education that fails to…
   • § 46207 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 46200 to 46205, inclusive, upon a determination that a school district equals or exceeds its local control funding formula target…
   • § 46208 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 46200 to 46205, inclusive, upon a determination that a school district equals or exceeds its local control funding formula target…
10. ARTICLE 9. Attendance Recovery Programs §§ 46210–46211 · 2 sections

    • § 46210 (a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to support local educational agencies in conducting evidence-based activities to address chronic absenteeism and…
    • § 46211 (a) Beginning July 1, 2025, to address the educational and fiscal impacts of pupil absences, a local educational agency may implement attendance recovery…