2007 California Education Code Article 2. Elementary Schools

CA Codes (edc:48010-48011)

EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 48010-48011



48010.  A child shall be admitted to the first grade of an
elementary school during the first month of a school year if the
child will have his or her sixth birthday on or before December 2nd
of that school year.  For good cause, the governing board of a school
district may permit a child of proper age to be admitted to a class
after the first school month of the school term.



48011.  A child who, consistent with Section 48000, has been
admitted to the kindergarten maintained by a private or a public
school in California or any other state, and who has completed one
school year therein, shall be admitted to the first grade of an
elementary school unless the parent or guardian of the child and the
school district agree that the child may continue in kindergarten for
not more than an additional school year.
   A child who has been lawfully admitted to a public school
kindergarten or a private school kindergarten in California and who
is judged by the administration of the school district, in accordance
with rules and regulations adopted by the State Board of Education,
to be ready for first-grade work may be admitted to the first grade
at the discretion of the school administration of the district and
with the consent of the child's parent or guardian if the child is at
least five years of age.  When a child has been legally enrolled in
a public school of another district within or out of the state, he or
she may be admitted to school and placed in the grade of enrollment
in the district of former attendance, at the discretion of the school
administration of the district entered.

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