ARTICLE 3. Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12

Article 3 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 51220–51230 · 54 sections

§ 51220 The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer courses in the following areas of study: (a) English, including knowledge of and…
§ 51220.1 In addition to the requirements specified in subdivision (j) of Section 51220, automobile driver education shall be designed to develop a knowledge of the…
§ 51220.2 (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 51220, “instruction in our American legal system, the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice…
§ 51220.3 The instruction in all areas of study specified in subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, of Section 51220 as deemed appropriate by the governing board and…
§ 51220.4 For purposes of subdivision (j) of Section 51220, a course in automobile driver education shall include, but is not limited to, both of the following: (a)…
§ 51220.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) The family is our most fundamental social institution and the means by which we care for, prepare,…
§ 51220.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private school is not required to offer courses in driver education or driver training. (b) This section…
§ 51221 Instruction required by subdivision (b) of Section 51220 in the area of study of social sciences shall also provide a foundation for understanding the wise use…
§ 51221.1 (a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Collaborative” means the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide…
§ 51221.2 (a) (1) The department shall issue a notice to all local educational agencies serving pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, clarifying that social…
§ 51221.3 (a) Instruction in the area of social sciences, as required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, may include instruction on World War II and the…
§ 51221.4 (a) The Legislature encourages instruction in the area of social sciences, as required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, which may include…
§ 51221.5 For the purposes of this code, the phrase “vocational-technical education” shall have the same meaning as “career technical education” as described in…
§ 51222 (a) All pupils, except pupils excused or exempted pursuant to Section 51241, shall be required to attend upon the courses of physical education for a total…
§ 51223 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 51210 and 51222, instruction in physical education in an elementary school maintaining any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, shall be…
§ 51223.3 (a) During the first revision of the physical education framework that occurs on or after January 1, 2011, the state board and the Curriculum Development and…
§ 51224 The governing board of any school district maintaining a high school shall prescribe courses of study designed to provide the skills and knowledge required for…
§ 51224.5 (a) The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall include algebra as part of the mathematics area of study pursuant to subdivision (f) of…
§ 51224.7 (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015. (b) Governing boards or bodies of local educational…
§ 51225 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Governing body” means the governing board of a school district, the governing body of a…
§ 51225.1 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency, as defined in subdivision (t), shall exempt a pupil in foster care, as defined in subdivision…
§ 51225.2 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Former juvenile court school pupil” means a pupil who, upon completion of the pupil’s…
§ 51225.25 (a) A “pupil participating in a newcomer program,” as defined in Section 51225.2, as that section read on January 1, 2023, who was enrolled before January 1,…
§ 51225.3 (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high school: (1) At least…
§ 51225.31 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency shall exempt an individual with exceptional needs who satisfies the eligibility criteria…
§ 51225.32 (a) (1) A local educational agency may exempt an individual with exceptional needs who was enrolled in grade 10 or higher in the 2022–23 school year, and who,…
§ 51225.33 (a) (1) For the 2026–27 fiscal year, the Sacramento County Office of Education shall utilize the finding appropriated in Item 6100-488 of Section 2.0 of the…
§ 51225.35 (a) (1) If the governing board of a school district requires more than two courses in mathematics for graduation from high school, the governing board of the…
§ 51225.36 (a) If the governing board of a school district requires a course in health education for graduation from high school, the governing board of the school…
§ 51225.37 The department shall encourage the governing board of each school district, and the governing body of each charter school, whose schools offer world language…
§ 51225.38 (a) If the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school requires a course in health education for graduation from high…
§ 51225.4 The governing board of each elementary school district shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it has adopted a policy to implement a…
§ 51225.5 (a) (1) The governing board of a school district maintaining a high school may confer honorary high school diplomas upon foreign exchange students from other…
§ 51225.6 (a) If the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school requires a course in health education for graduation from high…
§ 51225.7 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or…
§ 51225.8 (a) Commencing with the 2020–21 school year, the governing board of a school district and the governing body of a charter school, as appropriate, shall ensure…
§ 51225.9 Notwithstanding any other law, if a pupil completed a career technical education course, between July 1, 2022, and the effective date of this section, that met…
§ 51226 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for the course of study required…
§ 51226.1 (a) Upon adoption of the model curriculum standards developed pursuant to Section 51226, the Superintendent shall develop a curriculum framework consistent…
§ 51226.2 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall inform county offices of education and each school district that maintains any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, of…
§ 51226.3 (a) (1) The department shall incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use those materials developed by…
§ 51226.4 Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51226.3, the Legislature encourages all of the following: (a) Instruction in the origins of genocide as a phenomenon…
§ 51226.5 (a) No later than January 1, 1991, the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall establish a list of…
§ 51226.6 (a) The State Department of Education shall develop and adopt a model curriculum framework for driver education and training that incorporates the rules and…
§ 51226.7 (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop, and the state board shall adopt, modify, or revise, a model curriculum in ethnic studies to ensure…
§ 51226.8 (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop and recommend to the state board, for consideration and adoption by the state board, a curriculum guide…
§ 51226.9 (a) (1) The department shall, no later than June 1, 2022, in collaboration with, and subject to the approval of, the executive director of the state board, use…
§ 51227.3 (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall ensure that the environmental principles and concepts developed pursuant to Section 71301 of the Public…
§ 51228 (a) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those grades a course of study…
§ 51228.1 (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as provided in subdivision (e), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not…
§ 51228.2 (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as provided in subdivision (d), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not…
§ 51228.3 (a) A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of Section 51228.1 or 51228.2 may be filed with the local educational agency under the Uniform Complaint…
§ 51229 (a) Each school year, as part of the annual notification required pursuant to Section 48980, a school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall…
§ 51230 (a) If the governing board of a school district requires the completion of community service hours as a requirement for graduation from high school, the school…