2005 California Education Code Sections 37700-37713 CHAPTER 6. FOUR-DAY SCHOOL WEEK

37700.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Pacific Unified
School District, the Leggett Valley Unified School District, and the
Reeds Creek Elementary School District may operate one or more
schools in their respective districts on a four-day school week, if
the district complies with the instructional time requirements
specified in Section 37701 and the other requirements of this
chapter.
   (b) If a school district operates one or more schools on a
four-day week pursuant to this section and the program for the school
year provides less than the 180 days of instruction required under
Section 46200, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall reduce
the base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance for that
fiscal year by the amount the school district would have received for
the increase received pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 46200,
as adjusted in fiscal years subsequent to the 1984-85 fiscal year.
If a school district operates one or more schools on a four-day
school week pursuant to this section and the program provides less
than the minimum instructional minutes required under Section 46201,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall reduce the base
revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance for that fiscal
year in which the reduction occurs by the amount the school district
would have received for the increase in the 1987-88 fiscal year base
revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to
paragraph  (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238, as adjusted in
the 1987-88 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.
   (c) A school district with an exclusive bargaining representative
may operate a school on a four-day school week pursuant to this
section only if the district and the representative of each
bargaining unit of district employees mutually agree to that
operation in a memorandum of understanding.
37700.1.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Death Valley
Unified School District may operate one or more schools in its
district on a four-day school week, if the district complies with the
instructional time requirements specified in Section 37701 and the
other requirements of this chapter.
   (b) If the school district operates one or more schools on a
four-day week pursuant to this section and the program for the school
year provides less than the 180 days of instruction required under
Section 46200, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall reduce
the base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance for that
fiscal year by the amount the school district would have received for
the increase received pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 46200,
as adjusted in fiscal years subsequent to the 1984-85 fiscal year.
If the school district operates one or more schools on a four-day
school week pursuant to this section and the program provides less
than the minimum instructional minutes required under Section 46201,
the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall reduce the base
revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance for that fiscal
year in which the reduction occurs by the amount the school district
would have received for the increase in the 1987-88 fiscal year base
revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance pursuant to
paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 42238, as adjusted in the
1987-88 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter.
   (c) If the school district has an exclusive bargaining
representative, the school district may operate a school on a
four-day school week pursuant to this section only if the district
and the representative of each bargaining unit of district employees
mutually agree to that operation in a memorandum of understanding.
   (d) If a school operating on a four-day school week pursuant to
this section fails to meet its Academic Performance Index growth
target pursuant to Section 52052, the authority of that school to
operate on a four-day school week is permanently revoked commencing
with the beginning of the following school year.
   (e) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2008, and, as
of January 1, 2009, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2009, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
37701.  The school district shall provide on an annual basis, while
operating a school on a four-day school week, not less than 560 hours
of instructional time for kindergarten, not less than 700 hours of
instructional time for grades 1, 2, and 3, and not less than 845
hours of instructional time for grades 4 to 12, inclusive.  The
school district may exceed these minimum instructional times except
that no pupil in a kindergarten shall be kept in school more than
four hours in any day, exclusive of recesses.  The school day may not
exceed eight hours, nor may the school week be less than four days.
37702.  Prior to operating a school on a four-day school week, the
school district shall secure the approval of the governing board of
the district and of any collective bargaining agents representing
employees of the school district.
37703.  A school site council in the school district shall be
involved in the planning and evaluation of a four-day school week.
37704.  The school district shall consider the impact of the longer
schoolday on primary grade pupils, and the impact of the four-day
school week on working parents who may be required to find child care
services for their schoolage children due to the shortened school
week.
37706.  If a school district elects to operate a school on a
four-day school week as authorized by this chapter, the school
district shall be entitled to receive the same support, but not more
support, from the State School Fund due to the average daily
attendance at the schools within the school district that it would
have received if the school district had been operating under the
provisions of law relating to the 175-day school year.
37707.  If the school district elects to operate a school on a
four-day school week pursuant to this chapter, the reduced number of
schooldays in the school district shall not affect the rights of
certificated or classified employees of the school district with
regard to classification, tenure, or notice, and shall not otherwise
affect the contract rights of the employees.
37710.  If any school operating a four-day school week pursuant to
Section 37711, 37712, or 37713 fails to achieve its Academic
Performance Index growth target pursuant to Section 52052, the
authority of that school to operate a four-day school week shall be
permanently revoked commencing with the beginning of the following
school year.
37711.  Beginning in the 2004-05 fiscal year, the following school
districts in San Diego County may operate one or more schools in
their respective districts on a four-day school week if the districts
comply with the instructional time requirements specified in Section
37701 and the other requirements of this chapter:
   (a) Borrego Springs Unified School District.
   (b) Julian Union Elementary School District.
   (c) Julian Union High School District.
   (d) Warner Unified School District.
37712.  (a) Beginning in the 2004-05 fiscal year, the Jamul-Dulzura
Union Elementary School District may operate one or more schools in
the school district on a four-day school week if the district
complies with the instructional time requirements specified in
Section 37701 and the other requirements of this chapter.
   (b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2006, and as
of January 1, 2007, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
37713.  (a) Beginning in the 2004-05 fiscal year, the Marysville
Joint Unified School District may operate a high school and one other
school in the school district on a four-day school week if the
district complies with the instructional time requirements specified
in Section 37701 and the other requirements of this chapter.
   (b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2006, and as
of January 1, 2007, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
becomes operative on or before January 1, 2007, deletes or extends
the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.