ARTICLE 8. Incentives for Longer Instructional Day and Year [46200. - 46208.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 8.

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Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46200. Section 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 days of instruction or, in multitrack year-round schools, fewer than the number of days required in subdivision (a) of this section, as it read on January 1, 2013, in the 2013–14 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall withhold from the school district’s local control funding formula grant apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level the sum of 0.0056 multiplied by that apportionment for each day less than what was required in subdivision (a) of this section, as it read on January 1, 2013, up to a maximum of five days.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46200.5. Section 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 of instruction, or, in multitrack year-round schools, fewer than the 163 days of instruction, the Superintendent shall withhold from the county superintendent of schools’ local control funding formula entitlement computed pursuant to either subdivision (e) of Section 2574 or subdivision (a) of Section 2575, as determined pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 2575, the amount computed pursuant to subdivision (b). (b) The withholding shall be equal the product of 0.0056 multiplied by the amount calculated for the affected pupil’s school district of residence pursuant to subdivisions (d) to (f), inclusive, of Section 42238.02 for each unit of average daily attendance of each affected grade level for each day less than what is required to avoid a reduction pursuant to this section, up to a maximum of five days. (c) This section does not apply to special day classes operated in county community schools established pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 1980) of Part 2 of Division 1 of Title 1 or juvenile court schools established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46201. Section 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 amount of instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in subdivision (b), the Superintendent shall withhold from the school district’s local control funding formula grant apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level, the sum of that apportionment multiplied by the percentage of the minimum offered minutes at that grade level that the school district failed to offer. (b) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year: (1) Thirty-six thousand minutes in kindergarten. (2) Fifty thousand four hundred minutes in grades 1 to 3, inclusive. (3) Fifty-four thousand minutes in grades 4 to 8, inclusive. (4) Sixty-four thousand eight hundred minutes in grades 9 to 12, inclusive.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46201.5. Section 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 instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in subdivision (b), the Superintendent shall withhold from the county superintendent of schools’ county local control funding formula entitlement computed pursuant to either subdivision (e) of Section 2574 or subdivision (a) of Section 2575, as determined pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 2575, the amount computed pursuant to subdivision (c). (b) Commencing with the 2013–14 fiscal year, a county office of education shall, at a minimum, offer the following amount of instructional time: (1) Thirty-six thousand minutes in kindergarten. (2) Fifty thousand four hundred minutes in grades 1 to 3, inclusive. (3) Fifty-four thousand minutes in grades 4 to 8, inclusive. (4) Sixty-four thousand eight hundred minutes in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. (c) The withholding shall be equal to the amount calculated for the affected pupil’s school district of residence pursuant to subdivisions (d) to (f), inclusive, of Section 42238.02 for each unit of average daily attendance of each affected grade level multiplied by the percentage of the minimum required minutes at that grade level that the county office of education failed to offer. (d) This section does not apply to special day classes operated in county community schools established pursuant to Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section 1980) of Part 2 of Division 1 of Title 1 or juvenile court schools established pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 48645) of Chapter 4 of Part 27.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46201.6. Section 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 may commence participation in, and begin receiving funding for, either or both of those programs in the 1998–99 or 1999–2000 fiscal years, on the same basis as if it had participated in the program or programs since July 1, 1984, if the district meets the requirement of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 46201 in the fiscal year in which it commences participation and each fiscal year thereafter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46202. Section 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, offers less instructional time in a fiscal year than the amount of instructional time fixed for the 1982–83 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall withhold for that fiscal year, from the school district’s local control funding formula grant apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level, the amount of that apportionment multiplied by the percentage of instructional minutes fixed in the 1982–83 school year, at that grade level, that the school district failed to offer.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46203. Section 46203.

Amounts apportioned to school districts pursuant to this article shall supplement, and not supplant, apportionments received pursuant to any other provision of law.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46205. Section 46205.

(a) For purposes of this article, instructional time for school districts conducting early-late instructional programs in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, shall be computed by adding the total amount of instructional time provided in each portion of the early-late instructional programs to the amount of instructional time offered when all pupils in the class are scheduled to attend. It is not the intent of the Legislature to disrupt or restrict early-late instructional programs for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive. (b) This section shall be applicable only if the early-late instructional program was in operation during the 1983–84 fiscal year, except that the Superintendent of Public Instruction may approve, based on educational reasons, the application of this section to programs commencing operation after the 1983–84 fiscal year. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this section is not applicable to any class in any grade level for which class size reduction funding is received pursuant to the Class Size Reduction Program contained in Chapter 6.10 (commencing with Section 52120) of Part 28; provided, however, that this section may be applicable to any class in any grade level for which class size reduction funding is received pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 52122 if a school district operated under this section prior to July 1, 1996.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46206. Section 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 maintain the prescribed minimum length of time for the instructional school year, minimum number of instructional days for the school year, or both. (b) For fiscal penalties incurred as a result of a shortfall on instructional time in the 2000–01 fiscal year or thereafter, a waiver may only be granted pursuant to subdivision (a) upon the condition that the school or schools in which the minutes, days, or both, were lost, maintain minutes and days of instruction equal to those lost and in addition to the amount otherwise prescribed in this article for twice the number of years that it failed to maintain the prescribed minimum length of time for the instructional school year, minimum number of instructional days for the school year following the year, or both, commencing not later than the school year following the year in which the waiver was granted and continuing for each succeeding school year until the condition is satisfied. Compliance with the condition shall be specifically verified in the report of the annual audit of the school district or county office of education for each year in which the additional time is to be maintained. If an audit report for a year in which the additional time is to be maintained does not verify that the time was provided, that finding shall be addressed as set forth in Section 41344. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts and county offices of education make every effort to make up any instructional days and minutes lost during the school year in which the loss occurred, rather than seeking a waiver pursuant to the provisions of this section. (d) The State Board of Education may grant a waiver pursuant to subdivision (a) without the condition provided in subdivision (b) to any school district that maintained a single session kindergarten class in the 1982–83 school year for more than the maximum number of 240 minutes permitted by state law and that, due to the school district’s growth and facilities limitations, is required to operate two sessions of kindergarten per day in the same classroom.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46207. Section 46207.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 46200 to 46205, inclusive, upon a determination that a school district equals or exceeds its local control funding formula target computed pursuant to Section 42238.02 as determined by the calculation of a zero difference pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.03, each school district, as a condition of apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented pursuant to Section 42238.03, shall, for each fiscal year, offer, at a minimum, the following number of minutes of instruction: (1) To pupils in kindergarten, 36,000 minutes. (2) To pupils in grades 1 to 3, inclusive, 50,400 minutes. (3) To pupils in grades 4 to 8, inclusive, 54,000 minutes. (4) To pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, 64,800 minutes. (b) For a school district that has met its local control funding formula target that reduces the amount of instructional time offered below the minimum amounts specified in subdivision (a), the Superintendent shall withhold from the school district’s local control funding formula apportionment for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level, the product of that apportionment multiplied by the percentage of the minimum offered minutes at that grade level that the school district failed to offer. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 school years, a school district that equals or exceeds its computed local control funding formula target may reduce the equivalent of up to five days of instruction or the equivalent number of instructional minutes without incurring the penalties set forth in this section.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46208. Section 46208.

(a) Notwithstanding Sections 46200 to 46205, inclusive, upon a determination that a school district equals or exceeds its local control funding formula target computed pursuant to Section 42238.02 as determined by the calculation of a zero difference pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238.03, each school district, as a condition of apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented pursuant to Section 42238.03, shall offer 180 days or more of instruction per school year. A school operating as a multitrack year-round school shall be deemed to be in compliance with the 180-day requirement if it certifies to the Superintendent that it is a multitrack year-round school and maintains its school for a minimum of 163 schooldays. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 school years, a school district that equals or exceeds its computed local control funding formula target may reduce the equivalent of up to five days of instruction or the equivalent number of instructional minutes without incurring the penalties set forth in this section. (c) For a school district that has met its local control funding formula target and that offers fewer than the number of instructional days required pursuant to this section, the Superintendent shall withhold from the school district’s local control funding formula grant apportionment pursuant to Section 42238.02, as implemented by Section 42238.03, for the average daily attendance of each affected grade level, the sum of 0.0056 multiplied by that apportionment for each day less than what was required pursuant to this section, for up to five days.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026