Continuation School Instructional Days

Specific Requirements

The total number of instructional minutes offered in the school year, separately stated for each grade level, as compared to the total number of the instructional minutes per school year that are required by state law, separately stated for each grade level.

Education Code Section 33126 (b)(15)

Definitions

For a continuation school, list of the total number of instructional days offered per school year, by grade level for grades nine through twelve, with each instructional day containing at least 180 instructional minutes.

Guidelines and Data Sources

On-campus passing times between classes (up to ten minutes) are considered part of the total of instructional minutes.

The statute governing instructional minutes at a continuation school is Education Code Section 46170.