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TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-64100›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 27. PUPILS 48000-49703›CHAPTER 6. Pupil Rights and Responsibilities 48900-49051›ARTICLE 1. Suspension or Expulsion 48900-48927

§ 48901.1

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

Notwithstanding Section 47610 or any other law, commencing July 1, 2020, the following provisions apply to charter schools:

(a) A pupil enrolled in a charter school in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 5, inclusive, shall not be suspended on the basis of having disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties, and those acts shall not constitute grounds for a pupil enrolled in a charter school in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to be recommended for expulsion.

(b) A pupil enrolled in a charter school in any of grades 6 to 8, inclusive, shall not be suspended on the basis of having disrupted school activities or otherwise willfully defied the valid authority of supervisors, teachers, administrators, school officials, or other school personnel engaged in the performance of their duties. This subdivision is inoperative on July 1, 2025.

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 279, Sec. 3. (SB 419) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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