Ed. Code, § 46111 · Article 2. Kindergarten and Elementary Schools
Ed. Code, § 46111
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(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, as set forth in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 8970) of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1, kindergarten pupils in expanded learning opportunity programs intended to supplement instructional time provided by a school district pursuant to Section 46120, and pupils participating in an attendance recovery program pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 46210).
(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, excluding 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.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 38, Sec. 43. (SB 153) Effective June 29, 2024.
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- Ed. Code, tit. 1, div. 1, pt. 6, ch. 8Early Primary ProgramsPrinted as Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 8970) of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1
- Ed. Code, § 37670Printed as Section 37670
- Ed. Code, § 46120Printed as Section 46120
- Ed. Code, tit. 2, div. 4, pt. 26, ch. 2, art. 9Attendance Recovery ProgramsPrinted as Article 9 (commencing with Section 46210)
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