TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-64100›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 26. ATTENDANCE FOR COMPUTING APPORTIONMENTS 46000-46610›CHAPTER 2. Attendance—Maximum Credit—Minimum Day 46100-46208›ARTICLE 2. Kindergarten and Elementary Schools 46110-46119

§ 46112

California Education Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

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.

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

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