California Education Code CHAPTER 4.45 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Between the Ages of Three and Five Years, Inclusive

• Section 56440.
  (a) Each special education local plan area shall submit to the Superintendent, as part of the local plan, information for providing special education and services to...
• Section 56441.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares that early education programs for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of three and five years, inclusive, that...
• Section 56441.1.
  (a) Services rendered by state and local agencies serving preschool children with exceptional needs and their families shall be provided in coordination with other state and...
• Section 56441.2.
  An early education program for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of three and five, inclusive, shall include specially designed services to meet the...
• Section 56441.3.
  (a) Early education services for preschool children may be provided to individuals or small groups and shall include:(1) Observing and monitoring the child’s behavior and development in...
• Section 56441.4.
  Appropriate settings for these services include any of the following:(a) The regular public or private nonsectarian preschool program.(b) The child development center or family day care home.(c) The...
• Section 56441.5.
  Appropriate instructional adult-to-child ratios for group services shall be dependent on the needs of the child. However, because of the unique needs of individuals with...
• Section 56441.6.
  Early education services for preschool children shall be provided through a transdisciplinary team approach of professionals as described in Section 56426.6. Responsibilities of early education...
• Section 56441.7.
  (a) The maximum caseload for a speech and language specialist providing services exclusively to individuals with exceptional needs, between the ages of three and five years,...
• Section 56441.8.
  Early education services for preschoolers may be provided by any of the following methods:(a) Directly by a local educational agency. (b) Through an interagency agreement between a...
• Section 56441.9.
  Contracts or agreements with agencies identified in Section 56441.8 are strongly encouraged when these services are currently provided by another agency, and when found to...
• Section 56441.11.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, the special education eligibility criteria in subdivision (b) shall apply to preschool children, between the ages of three and...
• Section 56441.13.
  The superintendent shall provide training and technical assistance for the implementation of early education programs for preschool children with exceptional needs, and shall develop:(a) Methods and...
• Section 56441.14.
  Criteria and options for meeting the special education transportation needs of individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of three and five, inclusive, shall be...
• Section 56442.
  The superintendent shall ensure that state preschool programs and programs for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of three and five years, inclusive, provided...
• Section 56443.
  (a) The department shall amend its interagency agreement with the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, Region IX, Head Start, United States Department of Health and...
• Section 56445.
  (a) Prior to transitioning an individual with exceptional needs from a preschool program to kindergarten, or first grade as the case may be, an appropriate reassessment...
• Section 56446.
  Public special education funding shall not be used to purchase regular preschool services or to purchase any instructional service other than special education and services...
• Section 56447.1.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the responsibility of noneducational public agencies in the State of California from providing or paying for...

Last modified: October 22, 2018