California Code
PART 28 - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS
CHAPTER 2 - Required Courses of Study

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 51200. - 51200. Except as otherwise provided, the provisions contained in this...

Section 51202. - 51202. The adopted course of study shall provide instruction at...

Section 51203. - 51203. Instruction upon the nature of alcohol, narcotics, restricted dangerous...

Section 51204. - 51204. Any course of study adopted pursuant to this division...

Section 51204.5. - 51204.5. Instruction in social sciences shall include the early history...

Section 51205. - 51205. Pupils enrolled in a year-round school pursuant to Part...

Section 51206. - 51206. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the physical...

Section 51206.4. - 51206.4. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

ARTICLE 2 - Course of Study, Grades 1 to 6

Section 51210. - 51210. (a) The adopted course of study for grades 1...

Section 51210.1. - 51210.1. (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares all of...

Section 51210.2. - 51210.2. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the...

Section 51210.3. - 51210.3. (a) The governing board of a school district may...

Section 51210.4. - 51210.4. The State Department of Education shall incorporate nutrition education...

Section 51210.5. - 51210.5. The instruction in all areas of study specified in...

Section 51210.8. - 51210.8. (a) On or before March 1, 2008, based on...

Section 51212. - 51212. It is the intent and purpose of the Legislature...

ARTICLE 3 - Courses of Study, Grades 7 to 12

Section 51220. - 51220. The adopted course of study for grades 7 to...

Section 51220.1. - 51220.1. In addition to the requirements specified in subdivision (j)...

Section 51220.2. - 51220.2. (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 51220,...

Section 51220.3. - 51220.3. The instruction in all areas of study specified in...

Section 51220.4. - 51220.4. For purposes of subdivision (j) of Section 51220, a...

Section 51220.5. - 51220.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1)...

Section 51220.6. - 51220.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a private...

Section 51221. - 51221. Instruction required by subdivision (b) of Section 51220 in...

Section 51221.3. - 51221.3. (a) Instruction in the area of social sciences, as...

Section 51221.4. - 51221.4. (a) The Legislature encourages instruction in the area of...

Section 51221.5. - 51221.5. For the purposes of this code, the phrase “vocational-technical...

Section 51222. - 51222. (a) All pupils, except pupils excused or exempted pursuant...

Section 51223. - 51223. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 51210 and 51222, instruction in physical...

Section 51223.3. - 51223.3. (a) During the first revision of the physical education...

Section 51224. - 51224. The governing board of any school district maintaining a...

Section 51224.5. - 51224.5. (a) The adopted course of study for grades 7...

Section 51224.7. - 51224.7. (a) This act shall be known, and may be...

Section 51225. - 51225. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 51225.1. - 51225.1. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational agency,...

Section 51225.2. - 51225.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 51225.3. - 51225.3. (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following...

Section 51225.3. - 51225.3. (a) A pupil shall complete all of the following...

Section 51225.31. - 51225.31. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, a local educational...

Section 51225.35. - 51225.35. (a) (1) If the governing board of a school...

Section 51225.36. - 51225.36. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 51225.37. - 51225.37. The department shall encourage the governing board of each...

Section 51225.4. - 51225.4. The governing board of each elementary school district shall...

Section 51225.5. - 51225.5. (a) (1) The governing board of a school district...

Section 51225.6. - 51225.6. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

Section 51225.7. - 51225.7. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 51225.8. - 51225.8. (a) Commencing with the 2020–21 school year, the governing...

Section 51225.9. - 51225.9. Notwithstanding any other law, if a pupil completed a...

Section 51226. - 51226. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall coordinate the development,...

Section 51226.1. - 51226.1. (a) Upon adoption of the model curriculum standards developed...

Section 51226.2. - 51226.2. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall inform county offices...

Section 51226.3. - 51226.3. (a) (1) The department shall incorporate into publications that...

Section 51226.4. - 51226.4. Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 51226.3, the Legislature...

Section 51226.5. - 51226.5. (a) No later than January 1, 1991, the State...

Section 51226.6. - 51226.6. (a) The State Department of Education shall develop and...

Section 51226.7. - 51226.7. (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall develop, and the...

Section 51226.9. - 51226.9. (a) (1) The department shall, no later than June...

Section 51227.3. - 51227.3. (a) The Instructional Quality Commission shall ensure that the...

Section 51228. - 51228. (a) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7...

Section 51228.1. - 51228.1. (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as...

Section 51228.2. - 51228.2. (a) Commencing with the 2016–17 school year, except as...

Section 51228.3. - 51228.3. (a) A complaint of noncompliance with the requirements of...

Section 51229. - 51229. (a) Each school year, as part of the annual...

Section 51230. - 51230. (a) If the governing board of a school district...

ARTICLE 4 - Exemptions from Requirements

Section 51240. - 51240. (a) If any part of a school’s instruction in...

Section 51241. - 51241. (a) The governing board of a school district or...

Section 51242. - 51242. The governing board of a school district may exempt...

Section 51243. - 51243. Credit shall be given for purposes of the course...

Section 51244. - 51244. The provisions of Section 51243 giving credit for world...

Section 51245. - 51245. For purposes of the credit that may be given...

Section 51246. - 51246. The governing board of a school district may exempt...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Schoolage Military Dependents

Section 51250. - 51250. The department shall establish a formal liaison with the...

Section 51251. - 51251. (a) A governing board of a school district and...

ARTICLE 5 - Drug Education

Section 51260. - 51260. (a) Instruction shall be given in the elementary and...

Section 51261. - 51261. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 44227 and 44228, the...

Section 51262. - 51262. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use...

Section 51263. - 51263. The State Department of Education shall make available information...

Section 51264. - 51264. (a) The State Department of Education shall prepare and...

Section 51265. - 51265. It is the intent of the Legislature that school...

Section 51266. - 51266. (a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with...

Section 51266.5. - 51266.5. The Rural Gang Task Force Subcommittee provided for by...

Section 51268. - 51268. The State Department of Education shall encourage school districts...

Section 51269. - 51269. (a) The State Department of Education shall collaborate, to...

ARTICLE 6 - Primary Education Model Curriculum for Lifelong Health, Aging, and Financial Literacy

Section 51280. - 51280. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 51282. - 51282. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...

Section 51284. - 51284. Concurrently with, but not prior to, the next revision...

Section 51284.5. - 51284.5. Notwithstanding Section 51284, when the history-social science curriculum framework...