How many hours do you have to have to graduate high school in California?

Answer 1

The compulsory education law sets the age at 18. Or at least 16 and have passed the California High School Proficency Exam, and have parental permission (this stipulation usually relates to students who are home schooled). (Ca. Ed. Code 482.00)

Answer 2

According to California Law:

"Each person between the ages of 6 and 18 years not exempted under the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 3 is subject to compulsory full-time education."

The law also says that a person can drop out at 16 if they have a "certificate of proficiency" as well as parental consent.

Answer based on Ca. Education Code Part 27. Chapters 2 and 3.

Answer 3

Advice: Most teens that want to drop out of school don't read well. Practice makes perfect. Go to the Library and get a book at your level and read it. Read another one instead of watching TV or going to the movies. Go to a school, night school, there are a dozen ways to get an education these days. Graduate. Don't drop out, change your method of schooling. I have friends that dropped out and in their fifties they are still wondering what their lives could have been with an education. I think they chaged the law, one has to be 18 to drop out of school. Don't do it.