LawWiki
HomeCodesSearchGlossaryAPIAbout
LawWiki

Plain English summaries of California law with zero-hallucination AI. Every summary is verified against official source text.

Product

  • Search
  • Codes
  • About

Legal

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Disclaimer

© 2026 LawWiki. All rights reserved.

HomeEducation CodeDiv. 3Pt. 22Ch. 5Art. 2§ 37611 Continuous School Program Notice

§ 37611 Continuous School Program Notice

Education Code·California
AI Summary·Official Text·Key Terms·Related Statutes·References
AI SummaryVerified

§ 37611 Continuous School Program Notice

Key Takeaways

  • •If a school wants to start a year-round school program, they must tell everyone by November 1st the year before it starts.
  • •They have to put this news in a local newspaper once a week for three weeks in a row.
  • •If there's no local newspaper, they can use any newspaper that people in the area read.

Example

Your local school decides to switch to a year-round schedule instead of a traditional summer break schedule.

The school must announce this change by November 1st of the previous year. They do this by putting an ad in the local newspaper once a week for three weeks so that all parents and students know about the change.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
View on CA.gov

§ 37611 Continuous School Program Notice

Whenever the governing board of any school district, pursuant to Section 37610, determines to operate one or more schools of the district on a continuous school program in such a manner as to require any pupil to enroll in a continuous school program, it shall publish, not later than November 1st of the school year preceding the commencement of such a program, its intention to operate a continuous school program in such a manner as to require any pupil to enroll in a continuous school program in a newspaper of general circulation within the district, or if there is no such newspaper, then in any newspaper of general circulation that is regularly circulated in the district. Publication of notice pursuant to this section shall be once each week for three successive weeks. Three publications in a newspaper regularly published once a week or oftener, with at least five days intervening between the respective publication date not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

continuous school programgoverning boardNovember 1stnewspaper of general circulation

Related Statutes

  • § 37610 School District Continuous Programs
  • § 37612 Petition Against Continuous School Program
  • § 37615 Continuous School Program Restrictions
  • § 37617 Student Grouping In Schools
  • § 17593 School Property Maintenance Duties

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 37611.
View Official Source