California Education Code ARTICLE 4 - Implementation

  • Section 56360.
    Each special education local plan area shall ensure that a continuum of program options is available to meet the needs of individuals with exceptional needs...
  • Section 56361.
    The continuum of program options shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following or any combination of the following:(a) Regular education programs...
  • Section 56361.2.
    All special education and related services for any individual with exceptional needs who is younger than three years of age shall be provided pursuant to...
  • Section 56361.5.
    (a) In addition to the continuum of program options listed in Section 56361, a local educational agency may contract with a hospital to provide designated instruction...
  • Section 56362.
    (a) The resource specialist program shall provide, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) Provision for a resource specialist or specialists who shall provide instruction...
  • Section 56362.1.
    For the purposes of Section 56362, “caseload” shall include, but not be limited to, all pupils for whom the resource specialist performs any of the...
  • Section 56362.5.
    By July 1982, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall adopt rules and regulations for a resource specialist certificate of competence. The certificate shall provide all...
  • Section 56362.7.
    (a) The Legislature recognizes the need for specially trained professionals to assess and serve pupils of limited English proficiency. This is particularly true of pupils with...
  • Section 56363.
    (a) As used in this part, the term “designated instruction and services” means “related services” as that term is defined in Section 1401(26) of Title 20...
  • Section 56363.1.
    A local educational agency is not required to purchase medical equipment for an individual pupil. However, the local educational agency is responsible for providing other...
  • Section 56363.3.
    The average caseload for language, speech, and hearing specialists in special education local plan areas shall not exceed 55 cases, unless the local plan specifies...
  • Section 56363.5.
    Pursuant to Section 300.154(d)(2)(iv) and (v) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, if an individual with exceptional needs is covered by public...
  • Section 56364.1.
    Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 56364.2, pupils with low incidence disabilities may receive all or a portion of their instruction in the regular classroom and...
  • Section 56364.2.
    (a) Special classes that serve pupils with similar and more intensive educational needs shall be available. The special classes may enroll pupils only when the nature...
  • Section 56365.
    (a) Services provided by nonpublic, nonsectarian schools, as defined pursuant to Section 56034, and nonpublic, nonsectarian agencies, as defined pursuant to Section 56035, shall be made...
  • Section 56366.
    It is the intent of the Legislature that the role of a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency shall be maintained and continued as an alternative...
  • Section 56366.1.
    (a) A nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency that seeks certification shall file an application with the Superintendent on forms provided by the department, and shall include...
  • Section 56366.2.
    (a) A local educational agency, nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or nonpublic, nonsectarian agency may petition the Superintendent to waive one or more of the requirements under Sections...
  • Section 56366.4.
    (a) The Superintendent may revoke or suspend the certification of a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency for any of the following reasons:(1) Violation of an applicable state...
  • Section 56366.5.
    (a) Upon receipt of a request from a nonpublic, nonsectarian school for payment for services provided under a contract entered into pursuant to Sections 56365 and...
  • Section 56366.6.
    (a) Within 20 working days following the nonpublic, nonsectarian school’s or agency’s receipt of the notice of denial, revocation, or suspension of certification, the nonpublic, nonsectarian...
  • Section 56366.8.
    The department, as a part of its certification process and complaint investigation process for nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies shall do all of the following:(a) Provide...
  • Section 56366.9.
    A licensed children’s institution at which individuals with exceptional needs reside shall not require as a condition of residential placement that it provide the appropriate...
  • Section 56366.10.a.
    In addition to the certification requirements set forth in Sections 56366 and 56366.1, a nonpublic, nonsectarian school that provides special education and related services to...
  • Section 56366.11.
    (a) The department shall implement a program to integrate individuals with exceptional needs placed in nonpublic, nonsectarian schools into public schools, as appropriate. Under the program,...
  • Section 56366.12.
    A nonpublic, nonsectarian school shall ensure private and confidential communication between a pupil of the nonpublic, nonsectarian school and members of the pupil’s individualized education...
  • Section 56367.
    (a) Placements in state special schools pursuant to Sections 59020, 59120, and 59220 shall be made only as a result of recommendations from the individualized education...
  • Section 56368.
    (a) A program specialist is a specialist who holds a valid special education credential, clinical services credential, health services credential, or a school psychologist authorization and...
  • Section 56369.
    A local educational agency may contract with another public agency to provide special education or related services to an individual with exceptional needs.(Amended by Stats....

Last modified: October 22, 2018