SECTIONS 46110-46119 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 46110-46119

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 this article shall be construed to the
contrary.

46111. (a) (1) No pupil in a kindergarten shall be kept in school
in any day more than four hours exclusive of recesses except for
pupils in Early Primary Programs, as set forth in Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 8970) of Part 6.
(2) A pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program
of multitrack year-round scheduling pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 37670 may be kept in school on any day for 265 minutes of
instruction, exclusive of recesses.
(b) This section shall not apply to the Pasadena Unified School
District or counties of the third class as determined pursuant to
Section 28024 of the Government Code, as it read on January 1, 1977.
(c) This section shall not apply to the San Bernardino Unified
School District with regard to any pupil of that district who is
determined by the principal of the school in which that pupil is
enrolled, pursuant to testing, teacher recommendation, or both, to be
developmentally and academically suited for the longer instructional
day.

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 governing board of a school district has
prescribed a shorter length for the schoolday because of lack of
school facilities which requires double sessions, in which case the
minimum schoolday in such grades shall be 200 minutes.

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 opportunity schools, classes,
or programs, is 240 minutes.

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 schooldays and dividing
that number by 10. If the resulting quotient is 230 or more, the
pupils shall be deemed to have complied with Section 46112, even if
the number of minutes attended in any one schoolday is less than 230,
but not less than 170.
(b) The minimum schoolday in grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in
elementary schools may be computed by determining the number of
minutes of attendance in any 10 consecutive schooldays and dividing
that number by 10. If the resulting quotient is 240 or more, the
pupils shall be deemed to have complied with Section 46113, even if
the number of minutes attended in any one schoolday is less than 240,
but not less than 180.
(c) The minimum schoolday in kindergarten in elementary schools
may be computed by determining the number of minutes of attendance in
any 10 consecutive schooldays and dividing that number by 10. If the
resulting quotient is 180 or more, pupils shall be deemed to have
complied with Section 46117, even if the number of minutes attended
in any one schoolday is less than 180, but not less than 60.
No computation authorized by this section shall result in any
increase in state apportionments.

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, exclusive of recesses.

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 attendance in kindergarten classes
if the minimum schoolday of such classes is less than 180 minutes.

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 kindergarten class teacher is assigned to only one session
of kindergarten daily as a principal teacher.
(c) The kindergarten teacher is a full-time certificated employee.
(d) The kindergarten teacher shall be available for assistance or
assignment in the instructional program of the primary grades when
not involved in the kindergarten program.

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 Instruction requesting approval to
maintain two kindergarten classes of 150 minutes each inclusive of
recesses on the same day which are taught by the same teacher. The
average daily attendance for such classes shall be adjusted by a
multiplication factor of 0.500.