Section 51228 Of Article 3. Courses Of Study, Grades 7 To 12 From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
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. (a) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12,
inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those
grades a course of study fulfilling the requirements and
prerequisites for admission to the California public institutions of
postsecondary education and shall provide a timely opportunity to
each of those pupils to enroll within a four-year period in each
course necessary to fulfill those requirements and prerequisites
prior to graduation from high school.
(b) Each school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12,
inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those
grades a course of study that provides an opportunity for those
pupils to attain entry-level employment skills in business or
industry upon graduation from high school. Districts are encouraged
to provide all pupils with a rigorous academic curriculum that
integrates academic and career skills, incorporates applied learning
in all disciplines, and prepares all pupils for high school
graduation and career entry.
(c) A school district that adopts a required curriculum that meets
or exceeds the model standards developed and adopted by the state
board pursuant to Section 51226 shall be deemed to have fulfilled its
responsibilities pursuant to subdivision (b).
(d) A school district that adopts a required curriculum pursuant
to subdivision (c) that meets or exceeds the model standards
developed by the state board pursuant to Section 51226, or that
adopts alternative means for pupils to complete the prescribed course
of study pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51225.3, may
substitute pupil demonstration of competence in the prescribed
subjects through a practical demonstration of these skills in a
regional occupational center or program, work experience,
interdisciplinary study, independent study, credit earned at a
postsecondary institution, or other outside school experience, as
prescribed by Section 51225.3.