California Legal Codes and Statutes

§ 51400

Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

The governing board of any school district maintaining an elementary school may provide for the conferring of diplomas of graduation, by examination, and may issue diplomas of graduation from the elementary schools of the district and from special day and evening classes of elementary grade maintained by the district of any type or class.

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Cal. Educ. Code § 51400 (2026)
https://ca.codecond.com/codes/edc/title-2-elementary-and-secondary-education/division-4-instruction-and-services/part-28-general-instructional-programs/chapter-3-diplomas-and-certificates/article-1-elementary-school-diploma/section-51400

Other sections in Article 1 - Elementary School Diploma

§ 51400§ 51401§ 51402§ 51403

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