Education Code section 41600
(a)
Each elementary school district shall be deemed to comprise the kindergartens and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, maintained by the district, and the seventh and eighth grades of the district not maintained by the district because of the attendance upon a junior high school of pupils who would otherwise attend upon seventh and eighth grades maintained by the district.(b)
Each high school district shall be deemed to comprise all of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, maintained within the high school district whether maintained by a high school district.(c)
Each unified school district shall be deemed to be an elementary school district comprising the kindergartens and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, maintained by the district and the seventh and eighth grades of the district not maintained by the district in elementary schools because of the attendance upon a junior high school of pupils who would otherwise attend the seventh and eighth grades maintained in elementary schools by the district, and a high school district comprising all of grades 9 to 12, inclusive.
Source:
Section 41600, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=41600.
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