My Film school is making students come to school 7 days a week, is that legal in California?

My film school is making students come to school 7 days a week, sometimes from 10am to 11 pm and they never told us that when we signed up and applied at the college, is that legal in California? can they do that?

Are these hours required in order for you to get the grade? In that case it may be against school policy. If it’s not and they are an accredited school, you may be able to report them to the California board of Higher Education.

With that said… the hours working in entertainment can be CRAZY. When I was working on my degree I’d have to come in during the middle of the night just to get lab time. I guess I had the option of not doing it, but I would have failed out for not getting the projects done. Now that I’m working in the industry, I see that what I did at school was actually tame at times. I’ve met people who have worked 80 hour weeks for months at a time… so that can be the way it is!!!