What exemptions are available under California Education Code?
• Under EC Section 51241 there are three distinct and separate exemptions: • Temporary: “The governing board of a school district or the office of the county superintendent of schools of a county may grant a temporary exemption to a pupil from courses in physical education, if the pupil is one of the following: • Ill or injured and a modified program to meet the needs of the pupil cannot be provided. • Enrolled for one-half, or less, of the work normally required of full-time pupils” (EC Section 51241[a][1][2]). • Two-year: “The governing board of a school district or the office of the county superintendent of schools of a county, with the consent of a pupil, may grant a pupil an exemption from courses in physical education for two years any time during grades ten to twelve, inclusive, if the pupil has met satisfactorily at least five of the six standards of the physical performance test administered in grade nine pursuant to Section 60800” (EC Section 51241[b][1]). • Permanent: “The g
