California Education Code ARTICLE 3 - Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12

  • Section 51220.
    The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer courses in the following areas of study:(a) English, including knowledge of and appreciation...
  • Section 51220.1.
    In addition to the requirements specified in subdivision (j) of Section 51220, automobile driver education shall be designed to develop a knowledge of the dangers...
  • Section 51220.2.
    (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 51220, “instruction in our American legal system, the operation of the juvenile and adult criminal justice systems, and...
  • Section 51220.3.
    The instruction in all areas of study specified in subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, of Section 51220 as deemed appropriate by the governing board and...
  • Section 51220.4.
    For purposes of subdivision (j) of Section 51220, a course in automobile driver education shall include, but is not limited to, education regarding the rights...
  • Section 51220.5.
    (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following:(1) The family is our most fundamental social institution and the means by which we care for, prepare, and train...
  • Section 51220.6.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private school is not required to offer courses in driver education or driver training.(b) This section shall not be...
  • Section 51221.
    Instruction required by subdivision (b) of Section 51220 in the area of study of social sciences shall also provide a foundation for understanding the wise...
  • Section 51221.3.
    (a) Instruction in the area of social sciences, as required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, may include instruction on World War II and the...
  • Section 51221.4.
    (a) The Legislature encourages instruction in the area of social sciences, as required pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51220, which may include instruction on the...
  • Section 51221.5.
    For the purposes of this code, the phrase “vocational-technical education” shall have the same meaning as “career technical education” as described in subdivision (i) of...
  • Section 51222.
    (a) All pupils, except pupils excused or exempted pursuant to Section 51241, shall be required to attend upon the courses of physical education for a total...
  • Section 51223.
    (a) Notwithstanding Sections 51210 and 51222, instruction in physical education in an elementary school maintaining any of grades 1 to 8, inclusive, shall be for a...
  • Section 51223.3.
    (a) During the first revision of the physical education framework that occurs on or after January 1, 2011, the state board and the Curriculum Development and...
  • Section 51224.
    The governing board of any school district maintaining a high school shall prescribe courses of study designed to provide the skills and knowledge required for...
  • Section 51224.5.
    (a) The adopted course of study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall include algebra as part of the mathematics area of study pursuant to subdivision...
  • Section 51224.7.
    (a) This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015.(b) Governing boards or bodies of local educational agencies that...
  • Section 51225.1.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a school district shall exempt a pupil in foster care, as defined in Section 51225.2, a pupil who is a homeless...
  • Section 51225.2.
    (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Pupil in foster care” means a child who has been removed from his or her home pursuant...
  • Section 51225.3.
    (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high...
  • Section 51225.3.a.
    (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in order to receive a diploma of graduation from high...
  • Section 51225.35.
    (a) (1) If the governing board of a school district requires more than two courses in mathematics for graduation from high school, the governing board of the...
  • Section 51225.36.
    (a) If the governing board of a school district requires a course in health education for graduation from high school, the governing board of the school...
  • Section 51225.4.
    The governing board of each elementary school district shall certify to the Superintendent of Public Instruction that it has adopted a policy to implement a...
  • Section 51225.5.
    The governing board of any school district maintaining a high school may confer honorary high school diplomas upon foreign exchange students from other countries who...
  • Section 51225.6.
    (a) If the governing board of a school district or the governing body of a charter school requires a course in health education for graduation from...
  • Section 51226.
    The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum standards for the course of study required by Section...
  • Section 51226.1.
    (a) Upon adoption of the model curriculum standards developed pursuant to Section 51226, the Superintendent shall develop a curriculum framework consistent with criteria set forth in...
  • Section 51226.2.
    The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall inform county offices of education and each school district that maintains any of grades 6 to 12, inclusive, of...
  • Section 51226.3.
    (a) (1) The department shall incorporate into publications that provide examples of curriculum resources for teacher use those materials developed by publishers of nonfiction, trade books, and...
  • Section 51226.4.
    Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51226.3, the Legislature encourages all of the following:(a) Instruction in the origins of genocide as a phenomenon throughout history that...
  • Section 51226.5.
    (a) No later than January 1, 1991, the State Board of Education, with the assistance of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall establish a list of...
  • Section 51226.6.
    (a) The State Department of Education shall develop and adopt a model curriculum framework for driver education and training that incorporates the rules and regulations adopted...
  • Section 51226.7.
    (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop, and the state board shall adopt, modify, or revise, a model curriculum in ethnic studies to ensure quality courses...
  • Section 51226.9.
    (a) (1) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop, and the state board shall adopt, modify, or revise, a model curriculum in Native American studies to ensure quality...
  • Section 51228.
    (a) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those grades a course of study...
  • Section 51228.1.
    (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as provided in subdivision (e), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not...
  • Section 51228.2.
    (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as provided in subdivision (d), a school district maintaining any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, shall not...
  • Section 51228.3.
    (a) A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of Section 51228.1 or 51228.2 may be filed with the local educational agency under the Uniform Complaint Procedures...
  • Section 51229.
    (a)  Each school year, as part of the annual notification required pursuant to Section 48980, a school district offering any of grades 9 to 12,...

Last modified: October 22, 2018