BILL NUMBER: AB 2407	CHAPTERED  09/30/04

	CHAPTER  946
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 30, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 18, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 1, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 17, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 10, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bermudez
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Chavez, Frommer, Koretz, and Pavley)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2004

   An act to amend Section 37202 of the Education Code, relating to
kindergarten.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2407, Bermudez.  Kindergarten.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district
to establish an early primary program consisting of same-age pupils
or any combination of state preschool or child development program,
kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd grade pupils, based on an integrated,
experiential, and developmentally appropriate educational program.
   Existing law requires the governing board of a school district,
except as specified, to maintain all of the elementary day schools
established by it for an equal length of time during the school year.

   This bill would authorize a school district that is implementing
an early primary program to maintain kindergarten classes at
different schoolsites within the district for different lengths of
time during the schoolday.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 37202 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   37202.  (a) Except if a school has been closed by order of a city
or a county board of health, or of the State Board of Health, on
account of contagious disease, or if the school has been closed on
account of fire, flood, or other public disaster, the governing board
of a school district shall maintain all of the elementary day
schools established by it for an equal length of time during the
school year and all of the day high schools established by it for an
equal length of time during the school year.
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), a school district that is
implementing an early primary program, pursuant to Chapter 8
(commencing with Section 8970) of Part 6, may maintain kindergarten
classes at different schoolsites within the district for different
lengths of time during the schoolday.