California Education Code ARTICLE 1 - Intent

• Section 56000.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that all individuals with exceptional needs have a right to participate in free appropriate public education and special educational instruction...
• Section 56000.5.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that:(1) Pupils with low-incidence disabilities, as a group, make up less than 1 percent of the total statewide enrollment for kindergarten...
• Section 56001.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that special education programs provide all of the following:(a) Each individual with exceptional needs is assured an education appropriate...

Last modified: October 22, 2018