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AB-1973 Kindergarten: minimum schoolday.(2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 46121 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 46120, to read:

46121.
 (a) From the 2027–28 school year to the 2029–30 school year, inclusive, notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 46111 and 46117, a school district or charter school that has an enrolled unduplicated pupil percentage of 50 percent or more and provides a kindergarten program shall offer, at each schoolsite that provides the program, a minimum of one class that offers a minimum schoolday for the kindergarten day that is at least equivalent to the minimum schoolday provided for grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(b) Commencing with the 2030–31 school year, notwithstanding any other law, including Sections 46111 and 46117, a school district or charter school that provides a kindergarten program shall offer, at each schoolsite that provides the program, a minimum of one class that offers a minimum schoolday for the kindergarten day that is at least equivalent to the minimum schoolday provided for grades 1 to 3, inclusive.
(c) This section does not apply to transitional kindergarten.
SEC. 2.
 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.