BILL NUMBER: AB 764	CHAPTERED  07/23/01

	CHAPTER  87
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 23, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 20, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 5, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Goldberg

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act to amend Section 46111 of the Education Code, relating to
kindergarten.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 764, Goldberg.  Kindergarten.
   Existing law generally prohibits a pupil in a kindergarten from
being kept in school on any day for more than 4 hours exclusive of
recesses.
   This bill would authorize a pupil in a kindergarten in a school
operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept
in school on any day for 265 minutes of instruction, exclusive of
recesses.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 46111 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   46111.  (a) (1) No pupil in a kindergarten shall be kept in school
in any day more than four hours exclusive of recesses except for
pupils in Early Primary Programs, as set forth in Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 8970) of Part 6.
   (2) A pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program
of multitrack year-round scheduling pursuant to subdivision (a) of
Section 37670 may be kept in school on any day for 265 minutes of
instruction, exclusive of recesses.
   (b) This section shall not apply to the Pasadena Unified School
District or counties of the third class as determined pursuant to
Section 28024 of the Government Code, as it read on January 1, 1977.
   (c) This section shall not apply to the San Bernardino Unified
School District with regard to any pupil of that district who is
determined by the principal of the school in which that pupil is
enrolled, pursuant to testing, teacher recommendation, or both, to be
developmentally and academically suited for the longer instructional
day.