TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-64100›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-64100›PART 28. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS 51000-53315›CHAPTER 2. Required Courses of Study 51200-51284.5›ARTICLE 4. Exemptions from Requirements 51240-51246

§ 51242

California Education Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

The governing board of a school district may exempt any four-year or senior high school pupil from attending courses of physical education, if the pupil is engaged in a regular school-sponsored interscholastic athletic program carried on wholly or partially after regular school hours.

(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

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