Instructional Time Requirements

School District and Charter School Instructional Time Requirement Table

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Charter School	Required Days	Required Minutes	Minimum Daily Instructional Minutes Requirement	Penalty for Not Offering Required Instructional Minutes	Penalty for Not Offering Required Instructional Days
Applicable to all charter schools	175	K 36,000 1–3 50,400 4–8 54,000 9–12 64,800	Charter schools do not have minimum day requirements by law. However, charter schools do have annual day and minute requirements.	Product of total apportionment for affected students multiplied by percentage of instructional time the school failed to offer.	Apportionment proportionately reduced for each school day less than 175.

School District Conditions	Required Days	Required Minutes	Minimum Daily Instructional Minutes Requirement	Penalty for Not Offering Required Instructional Minutes	Penalty for Not Offering Required Instructional Days
Applicable to all school districts	180	K 36,000 1–3 50,400 4–8 54,000 9–12 64,800	School districts have minimum day requirements by law. A day that doesn’t meet these requirements is not considered an instructional day.	Product of total apportionment for affected grade level multiplied by percentage of instructional time school district failed to offer.	Sum of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) apportionment for affected grade level average daily attendance (ADA) times .0056 times the number of days short, up to five days. For each day beyond five days that falls below the minimum required days the penalty is the product of .01143 times the school district's LCFF apportionment.

School District Conditions

Required Days

Required Minutes

Minimum Daily Instructional Minutes Requirement

Penalty for Not Offering Required Instructional Minutes

Penalty for Not Offering Required Instructional Days

Applicable to all school districts

180

K           36,000
1–3        50,400
4–8        54,000
9–12      64,800

School districts have minimum day requirements by law.

A day that doesn’t meet these requirements is not considered an instructional day.

Product of total apportionment for affected grade level multiplied by percentage of instructional time school district failed to offer.

Sum of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) apportionment for affected grade level average daily attendance (ADA) times .0056 times the number of days short, up to five days. For each day beyond five days that falls below the minimum required days the penalty is the product of .01143 times the school district's LCFF apportionment.

California Education Code sections 46207, 46208, 47612(d)(3), 47612.5, and California Code of Regulations, Title 5, 11960

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Last Reviewed: Tuesday, April 22, 2025