California Education Code CHAPTER 4.4 - Early Education for Individuals with Exceptional Needs

• Section 56425.
  As a condition of receiving state aid pursuant to this part, a local educational agency that operated early education programs for individuals with exceptional needs...
• Section 56425.5.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that early education programs for infants identified as individuals with exceptional needs that provide educational services with active parent...
• Section 56426.
  An early education program shall include services specially designed to meet the unique needs of infants, from birth to three years of age, and their...
• Section 56426.1.
  (a) Home-based early education services funded pursuant to Sections 56427, 56428, and 56432 shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:(1) Observing the infant’s...
• Section 56426.2.
  (a) Early education services funded pursuant to Sections 56427, 56428, and 56432 shall be provided through both home visits and group settings with other infants, with...
• Section 56426.25.
  The maximum service levels set forth in Sections 56426.1 and 56426.2 apply only for purposes of the allocation of funds for early education programs pursuant...
• Section 56426.3.
  In addition to home-based or home-based and group early education services, related services as defined in Section 300.13 of Title 34 of the Code of...
• Section 56426.4.
  (a) Family involvement activities funded pursuant to Sections 56427, 56428, and 56432 shall support family members in meeting the practical and emotional issues and needs of...
• Section 56426.5.
  If the transdisciplinary team determines home-based and group early education services to be appropriate, but the parent chooses not to receive home-based services, group services...
• Section 56426.6.
  (a) Early education services shall be provided by a local educational agency through a transdisciplinary team consisting of a group of professionals from various disciplines, agencies,...
• Section 56426.7.
  Medically necessary occupational therapy and physical therapy shall be provided to the infant when warranted by medical diagnosis and contained in the individualized family service...
• Section 56426.8.
  (a) Early education and related services shall be based on the needs of the infant and the family as determined by the individualized family service plan...
• Section 56426.9.
  (a) Pursuant to Section 1437(a)(8) of Title 20 of the United States Code, a local educational agency shall ensure that each child participating in early childhood...
• Section 56427.
  (a) Not less than two million three hundred twenty-four thousand dollars ($2,324,000) of the federal discretionary funds appropriated to the State Department of Education under the...
• Section 56428.
  (a) For the 1985–86 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any instructional personnel service unit that was used in the prior fiscal year to provide...
• Section 56429.
  In order to assure the maximum utilization and coordination of local early education services, eligibility for the receipt of funds pursuant to Section 56425, 56427,...
• Section 56430.
  (a) Early education services may be provided by any of the following methods:(1) Directly by a local educational agency. (2) Through an interagency agreement between a local educational...
• Section 56431.
  The Superintendent shall develop procedures and criteria to enable a local educational agency to contract with private nonprofit preschools or child development centers to provide...
• Section 56432.
  (a) For the 1998–99 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a special education local plan area shall be eligible for state funding of those instructional...

Last modified: October 22, 2018