ARTICLE 3. Junior High School and High School [46140. - 46148.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 3.

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Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46140. Section 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 continuation education class, 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.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46140.1. Section 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 used in Section 46140 as it read prior to the enactment of Chapter 1230 of the Statutes of 1977, applies only to pupils in regional occupational programs and centers. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no funds appropriated by any act enacted prior to or after the enactment of this section, shall be deemed appropriated or available for expenditure for purposes of claims for attendance of pupils in vocational education programs occupationally organized and conducted under federal approval, other than for attendance of pupils in regional occupational centers or programs, arising from Section 46140 as it read prior to the enactment of Chapter 1230 of the Statutes of 1977, except for appropriations to fund the Settlement Agreement entered into on March 4, 1983, by and between the Fullerton Union High School District and the State Department of Education of the State of California, the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California, and the Local Assistance Bureau in connection with that action otherwise known as Fullerton Union High School District, et al. v. Wilson Riles, Superintendent of Public Instruction, et al., Orange County Superior Court No. 33-46-93; and the Settlement Agreement entered into on March 4, 1983, by and between Rowland Unified School District and the State Department of Education of the State of California, the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of California, and the Local Assistance Bureau in connection with that action otherwise known as Rowland Unified School District, et al., v. Wilson Riles, Superintendent of Public Instruction, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court No. C 323905.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46140.5. Section 46140.5.

Any school district which was credited with attendance of pupils pursuant to Section 46140 under a vocational education program occupationally organized and conducted under federal approval in 1976–77, other than a regional occupational program or regional occupational center, may request the county superintendent of schools to increase the district base revenue limit for fiscal year 1977–78 and fiscal years thereafter by the amount of revenue received on account of such vocational education attendance in 1976–77. The county superintendent, upon verification of such amounts, shall adjust the district’s base revenue limit. As a clarification of the intent of the law, a district, which had not submitted attendance documents of pupils pursuant to Section 46140 under a vocational education program occupationally organized and conducted under federal approval in 1976–77, other than a regional occupational program or regional occupational center, at the time the attendance reports were originally due, shall not have the right at a later date to submit amended attendance documents to have credited this attendance.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46141. Section 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 regional occupational center, an opportunity school and in opportunity classes, a continuation high school, in continuation education classes, in late afternoon or Saturday occupationally organized vocational training programs conducted under a federally approved plan for vocational education, and for students enrolled in a work experience education program approved under the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 51760) of Chapter 5 of Part 28.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46142. Section 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 attendance in any two consecutive schooldays and dividing that number by two. If the resulting quotient is 240 or more, the pupils shall be deemed to have complied with Section 46141, even if the number of minutes attended in any one schoolday is less than 240, but not less than 180. (b) No computation authorized by this section shall result in any increase in state apportionments.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46144. Section 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 Article 7 (commencing with Section 51760) of Chapter 5 of Part 28, except for a pupil enrolled in a continuation school or class pursuant to Section 48402, is four periods totaling at least 180 minutes in duration, except that for a pupil in an approved work experience program who attends a school, other than a continuation school or class, in which the regularly scheduled period is greater than 60 minutes in length, the minimum day is one or more periods totaling at least 180 minutes in duration.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46144.5. Section 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 classes and classes operating pursuant to a joint powers agreement that became effective before January 1, 2008, is 180 minutes. These regular secondary school classes constitute regular school classes for purposes of Section 46010.3. (b) For a pupil described in subdivision (a), the average daily attendance shall be included as school district average daily attendance computed pursuant to Section 42238.05. (c) For purposes of computing attendance pursuant to Section 46300 or any other law, immediate supervision and control of pupils while attending classes pursuant to a joint powers agreement described in subdivision (a) is deemed satisfied regardless of the school district employing the certificated employee providing the supervision and control, provided the school district is a party to the joint powers agreement.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46145. Section 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 the equivalent number of courses per quarter. If any pupil in grade 12 is required by medical prescription to attend school for less than five courses during the semester or the equivalent number of courses during the quarter, the average daily attendance allowed for that pupil’s attendance shall bear the same proportion to one day of attendance as the number of courses in which the pupil is enrolled bears to five or the equivalent number for the quarter system. However, this requirement shall not apply to pupils enrolled in regional occupational programs, regional occupational centers, courses at accredited postsecondary educational institutions, independent study, special education programs where the pupil’s individualized education program establishes a different number of courses, continuation education classes, work experience education programs approved under the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 51760) of Chapter 5 of Part 28, or any other course of study authorized by the governing board which is equivalent to the approved high school course of study.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46146. Section 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 or the University of California for which academic credit will be provided upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses. (b) A day of attendance for any pupil who is also a special part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27 and who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses is 180 minutes of attendance. (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, for purposes of computing the average daily attendance of a pupil described in subdivision (a) or (b), the 180-minute minimum schoolday permitted by this section shall be computed and reported as attendance for three-quarters of the full 240-minute minimum schoolday prescribed by Section 46141. Commencing with the 1995–96 fiscal year, if a pupil described in subdivision (a) or (b) is in attendance for more than 180 minutes, the average daily attendance of the pupil shall be computed and reported by determining the percentage of the full 240-minute minimum schoolday prescribed by Section 46141 that the pupil was in attendance at the school. No more than one full day of attendance may be reported for any pupil for any schoolday pursuant to this subdivision.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46146.5. Section 46146.5.

(a) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 at an early college high school or middle college high school is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled part time in courses of the California State University or the University of California for which academic credit will be provided upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses. (b) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college high school or middle college high school, who is also a special part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses, is 180 minutes of attendance. (c) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college high school or middle college high school who does not satisfy subdivision (a) or (b) is 240 minutes of attendance. (d) For a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school, for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance of a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 for a minimum of 50 percent of the minimum instructional time required to be offered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5 if the pupil is also enrolled part time in courses of the California State University or the University of California for which academic credit will be provided upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses. (e) For a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school, for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance of a pupil for a minimum of 50 percent of the minimum instructional time required to be offered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5 if the pupil is also a special part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses. (f) For a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school and who does not satisfy the attendance and enrollment requirements of subdivision (d) or (e), for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance of the pupil for a minimum of 67 percent of the minimum instructional time required to be offered pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5. (g) For purposes of this section, middle college high school is described in Section 11300 and early college high school is described in Section 11302. (h) The requirements of this section shall be subject to annual audits, which shall be conducted pursuant to Section 41020.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46147. Section 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 last semester or quarter, as the case may be, before graduation, who is enrolled in a work experience education program approved under the provisions of Article 7 (commencing with Section 51760) of Chapter 5 of Part 28 and who would complete all of the requirements for graduation by attending high school, except courses of physical education, for less than 180 minutes each day, to attend high school for less than a minimum day of 180 minutes, upon the written request of a parent or legal guardian or upon his or her own request if the pupil is 18 years of age or over. If a pupil attends classes for less than 180 minutes per day pursuant to this section, the number of minutes actually attended per day shall be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 60. The average daily attendance allowed for that pupil’s attendance shall bear the same proportion to one day of attendance as the number of minutes of attendance per day bears to 180.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 46148. Section 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 schools, including middle schools operated as charter schools, shall begin no earlier than 8:00 a.m. (b) For purposes of this section, “schoolday” has the same meaning as defined by the school district or charter school for purposes of calculating average daily attendance in order to compute any apportionments of state funding. This section does not prohibit a school district or charter school from offering classes or activities to a limited number of pupils before the start of the schoolday that do not generate average daily attendance for purposes of computing any apportionments of state funding. (c) This section shall be implemented by middle schools and high schools no later than July 1, 2022, or the date on which a school district’s or charter school’s respective collective bargaining agreement that is operative on January 1, 2020, expires, whichever is later. (d) This section shall not apply to rural school districts. (e) The department is encouraged to post on its internet website available research on the impact of sleep deprivation on adolescents and the benefits of a later school start time and examples of successful strategies for managing the change to a later school start time, and to advise school districts and charter schools of this posting. (f) The Legislature encourages school districts, charter schools, and community organizations to inform their communities, including parents, teenagers, educators, athletic coaches, and other stakeholders, about the health, safety, and academic impact of sleep deprivation on middle and high school pupils and the benefits of a later school start time, and to discuss local strategies to successfully implement the later school start time.

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