California

Education Code

11,521 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 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 Human Services, to per
• § 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 of the individual shall be cond
• § 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 permitted by this chapter.
• § 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 some or all of the costs of a free
• § 56452 — The superintendent shall ensure that the state annually secures all federal funds available for career and vocational education of individuals with exceptional needs.
• § 56453 — The superintendent and the Department of Rehabilitation shall enter into an interagency agreement to ensure that the state annually secures all federal funds available under the Rehabilitation Act of
• § 56454 — In order to provide local educational agencies with maximum flexibility to secure and utilize all federal funds available to enable those entities to meet the career and vocational needs of individual
• § 56456 — It is the intent of the Legislature that local educational agencies may use any state or local special education funds for approved vocational programs, services, and activities to satisfy the excess
• § 56460 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That while the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-142) and the California Master Plan for Spe
• § 56461 — The superintendent shall establish the capacity to provide transition services for a broad range of individuals with exceptional needs such as employment and academic training, strategic planning, int
• § 56462 — The transition services shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) In-service training programs, resource materials, and handbooks that identify the following: (1) The definition of “tra
• § 56463 — Transition services shall be funded pursuant to the Budget Act.
• § 56470 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) That an essential component of transition services developed and supported by the State Department of Education is project workability.
• § 56471 — (a) The program shall be administered by the State Department of Education.
• § 56472 — The population served by workability projects may include secondary students with disabilities, adults with disabilities and other individuals who experience barriers to successful completion of schoo
• § 56473 — Project workability shall be funded pursuant to Item 6100-161-0001 of Section 2.
• § 56474 — The superintendent shall continue to seek additional state and federal funding for project workability.
• § 56475 — (a) The Superintendent and the directors of the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Developmental Services, the State Department of Social Services, the Department of Reh
• § 56476 — The Governor or designee of the Governor, in accordance with Section 1412(a)(12) of Title 20 of the United States Code and Section 300.
• § 56477 — (a) Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, the department shall jointly convene with the State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of Health Care Services one or more workg
• § 56500 — As used in this chapter, “public agency” is identical to the definition of that term in Section 56028.
• § 56500.1 — (a) All procedural safeguards under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.
• § 56500.2 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a complaint filed with the department regarding any alleged violations of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.
• § 56500.3 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that parties to special education disputes be encouraged to seek resolution through mediation prior to filing a request for a due process hearing.
• § 56500.4 — (a) Pursuant to Section 1415(b)(3) and (4) and (c)(1) of Title 20 of the United States Code, and in accordance with Section 300.
• § 56500.5 — As provided in Section 300.
• § 56500.6 — Due process and state complaint procedures for children enrolled in private schools by their parents pursuant to Sections 56170 to 56174.
• § 56501 — (a) The due process hearing procedures prescribed by this chapter extend to the parent or guardian, as defined in Section 56028, a pupil who has been emancipated, and a pupil who is a ward or dependen
• § 56501.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, prior to the opportunity for an impartial due process hearing under this chapter, the local educational agency shall convene a resolution meeting with t
• § 56502 — (a) All requests for a due process hearing shall be filed with the Superintendent in accordance with Section 300.
• § 56503 — Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the parties to a hearing from agreeing to use a mediation conference or resolving their dispute in an informal, nonadversarial manner, even though a request for
• § 56504 — The parent shall have the right and opportunity to examine all school records of his or her child and to receive copies pursuant to this section and to Section 49065 within five business days after th
• § 56504.5 — (a) The department shall enter into an interagency agreement with another state agency or contract with a nonprofit organization or entity to conduct mediation conferences and due process hearings in
• § 56505 — (a) The state hearing shall be conducted in accordance with regulations adopted by the board.
• § 56505.1 — The hearing officer may do any of the following during the hearing: (a) Question a witness on the record prior to any of the parties doing so.
• § 56505.2 — (a) A hearing officer may not render a decision that results in the placement of an individual with exceptional needs in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or that results in a service for an individua
• § 56506 — In addition to the due process hearing rights enumerated in subdivision (b) of Section 56501, the following due process rights extend to the pupil and the parent: (a) Written notice to the parent of h
• § 56507 — (a) If either party to a due process hearing intends to be represented by an attorney in the state hearing, notice of that intent shall be given to the other party at least 10 days prior to the hearin
• § 56508 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the department develop training materials that can be used locally by parents, public agencies, and others and conduct workshops on alternative resolutions for
• § 56509 — This chapter, in accordance with subsection (o) of Section 1415 of Title 20 of the United States Code, does not preclude a parent from filing a separate due process hearing request on an issue separat
• § 56515 — (a) In addition to the provisions of Chapter 6.
• § 56520 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) That the state has continually sought to provide an appropriate and meaningful educational program in a safe and healthy environment fo
• § 56521 — (a) This chapter applies to any individual with exceptional needs who is in a public school program, including a state school for the disabled pursuant to Part 32 (commencing with Section 59000), or w
• § 56521.1 — (a) Emergency interventions may only be used to control unpredictable, spontaneous behavior that poses clear and present danger of serious physical harm to the individual with exceptional needs, or ot
• § 56521.2 — (a) A local educational agency or nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency serving individuals with exceptional needs pursuant to Sections 56365 and 56366, shall not authorize, order, consent to, or p
• § 56523 — (a) The Superintendent shall repeal those regulations governing the use of behavioral interventions with individuals with exceptional needs receiving special education and related services that are no
• § 56524 — The superintendent shall explore with representatives of institutions of higher education and the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the current training requirements for teachers to ensure that suf
• § 56525 — (a) A person recognized by the national Behavior Analyst Certification Board as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst may conduct behavior assessments and provide behavioral intervention services for ind
• § 56600 — It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for ongoing comprehensive evaluation of special education programs authorized by this part and to support the purposes of the Individuals with Disabiliti
• § 56600.6 — (a) The Superintendent shall ensure that pupil and program performance results are monitored at the state and local levels in order to comply with Section 1412(a)(15) of Title 20 of the United States
• § 56601 — (a) Each special education local plan area shall submit to the Superintendent at least annually information, in a form and manner prescribed by the Superintendent and developed in consultation with th
• § 56601.5 — Pursuant to Section 1413(a)(7) of Title 20 of the United States Code and Section 300.
• § 56602 — Pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (16) of subsection (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code and Section 80.
• § 56604 — (a) The superintendent shall coordinate the design of evaluations to prevent duplication and to minimize data collection and reporting requirements at the school and district levels.
• § 56605 — The superintendent shall periodically sponsor or conduct workshops and seminars for the education of local education agency personnel assigned to, and responsible for, the evaluation of local special
• § 56606 — The Superintendent shall provide for onsite program and fiscal reviews of the implementation of plans approved under this part.
• § 56836 — Commencing with the 1998–99 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, apportionments to special education local plan areas for special education programs operated by, and services provided by,
• § 56836.01 — Commencing with the 1998–99 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the administrator of each special education local plan area, in accordance with the local plan approved by the board, shall be
• § 56836.02 — (a) The Superintendent shall apportion funds from Section A of the State School Fund to districts and county offices of education in accordance with the allocation plan adopted pursuant to Section 568
• § 56836.03 — (a) On or after January 1, 1998, each special education local plan area shall submit a revised local plan.
• § 56836.04 — (a) The Superintendent continuously shall monitor and review all special education programs approved under this part to ensure that all funds appropriated to special education local plan areas under t
• § 56836.045 — For the 2022–23 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall only make the computations described in Sections 56836.
• § 56836.05 — (a) Apportionments made under this part shall be made by the superintendent as early as practicable in the fiscal year.
• § 56836.06 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms or phrases have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Average daily attendance reported for the special educ
• § 56836.07 — (a) For the 2004–05 fiscal year to the 2019–20 fiscal year, inclusive, to the extent there is an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of educationally related mental health services, th
• § 56836.08 — (a) For the 1998–99 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of funding for each special education local plan area: (1) Add the amount of funding p
• § 56836.09 — For the purpose of computing the amount to apportion to each special education local plan area for the 1998–99 fiscal year, the superintendent shall compute the total amount of funding received by the
• § 56836.095 — For the 2001–02 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following computations in the following order: (a) Complete the calculations required to adjust the statewide total average daily attenda
• § 56836.10 — (a) The Superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of funding per unit of average daily attendance for each special education local plan area for the 1998–99 fiscal y
• § 56836.11 — (a) For the purpose of computing the equalization adjustment for special education local plan areas for the 1998–99 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following computations to determine t
• § 56836.12 — (a) For the 2013–14 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall compute an equalization adjustment for each special education local plan area, excluding the special education local plan area identified as t
• § 56836.13 — (a) In order to mitigate the effects of any declining enrollment, commencing in the 1998–99 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall calculate allocations to special educ
• § 56836.14 — Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall annually calculate the special education funding formula pursuant to this article.
• § 56836.142 — (a) For purposes of this article, the following terms and phrases have the following meanings: (1) “Average daily attendance reported for a special education local plan area” means the total of the fo
• § 56836.144 — (a) For the 2020–21 and 2021–22 fiscal years, the Superintendent shall calculate allocations to special education local plan areas based on the average daily attendance reported for the special educat
• § 56836.146 — (a) For the 2020–21 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall determine the amount of funding per unit of average daily attendance for each special education local plan area, which shall be the greater of
• § 56836.148 — (a) For the 2020–21 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall determine the base grant funding for each special education local plan area by multiplying the amount funded per unit of average daily attenda
• § 56836.15 — Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2020–21 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of General Fund moneys that
• § 56836.156 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall determine the statewide total average daily attendance used for the purposes of Section 56836.
• § 56836.157 — (a) Commencing with the 2001–02 fiscal year to the 2010–11 fiscal year, inclusive, the amount of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be appropriated, on a one-time basis each fiscal year,
• § 56836.158 — (a) (1) The superintendent shall determine the statewide total average daily attendance used for the purposes of Section 56836.
• § 56836.159 — (a) For the 2001–02 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall compute a permanent adjustment for each special education local plan area as determined by this section.
• § 56836.165 — (a) For the 2004–05 to 2020–21 fiscal years, inclusive, the Superintendent shall calculate for each special education local plan area an amount based on (1) the number of children and youth residing i
• § 56836.168 — (a) For the 2021–22 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall calculate for each special education local plan area an amount based on the sum of all of the following amount
• § 56836.173 — (a) For the fiscal years 2004–05 to 2006–07, inclusive, the department shall apportion to each special education local plan area the amount determined as follows: (1) For the 2004–05 and 2005–06 fisca
• § 56836.175 — For purposes of this article, a “skilled nursing facility” shall have the same meaning as specified in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, and shall be under contract with the State Department
• § 56836.18 — (a) The superintendent shall establish and maintain an emergency fund for the purpose of providing relief to special education local plan areas when a licensed children’s institution, foster family ho
• § 56836.20 — (a) The cost of master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools and agencies that a special education local plan area enters into shall not include any of the following costs that a special educ
• § 56836.21 — (a) The department shall administer an extraordinary cost pool to protect special education local plan areas from the extraordinary costs associated with single placements as described in subdivision
• § 56836.22 — (a) Commencing with the 1985–86 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, funds to support special education and related services as required under the individualized education program for eac
• § 56836.23 — Funds for regionalized operations and services and the direct instructional support of program specialists shall be apportioned to the special education local plan areas.
• § 56836.24 — (a) Commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of funding for the purposes specified in S
• § 56836.25 — Funds received pursuant to this article shall be expended for the purposes specified in Section 56836.
• § 56836.29 — If special education local plan areas reorganize, including by merger or division, the department shall adjust rates for payments to and from the resulting special education local plan areas so that o
• § 56836.31 — (a) To accomplish the activities set forth in Section 56836.
• § 56836.39 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) A quality education ensures that pupils receive appropriate interventions and services as needed before the pupil falls behind academically
• § 56836.40 — (a) For any fiscal year in which moneys are appropriated for purposes of this section, the Superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of funding for each school distr
• § 56837 — For each fiscal year for which federal funds under Part B of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.
• § 56838 — In each fiscal year for which federal funds are received by the state pursuant to Section 1419 of Title 20 of the United States Code for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of 3 and 5,
• § 56839 — For purposes of Sections 56837 and 56838, the superintendent shall use the most recent population data, including data on children living in poverty, that are available and are satisfactory to the Uni
• § 56840 — The federal funding allocations for local entitlements in Sections 56837 and 56838 shall also apply to state agencies that were eligible to receive federal Part B funds pursuant to subsection (a) of S
• § 56841 — (a) Federal funds available through Part B of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.
• § 56842 — (a) A local educational agency may not use more than 15 percent of the amount the agency receives under Part B of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.
• § 56844 — In complying with paragraph (17), regarding the prohibition against supplantation of federal funds, and paragraph (18), regarding maintenance of state financial support for special education and relat
• § 56845 — (a) The Superintendent may withhold, in whole or in part, state funds or federal funds allocated under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.
• § 56846 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Autism is the fastest growing special education eligibility category for public education in California and the nation.
• § 56846.2 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, a “pupil with autism” is a pupil who exhibits autistic-like behaviors, including, but not limited to, any of the following behaviors, or any combination thereof: (1)
• § 56847 — (a) (1) The Superintendent shall convene, with input from the University of California, the California State University, relevant fiscal and policy standing committees of the Legislature, the Legislat
• § 56850 — (a) The purpose of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, is to recognize that individuals with exceptional needs, as defined in Section 56026, between 3 and 21 years of age, residing in Californi
• § 56851 — (a) In developing the individualized education program for an individual residing in a state hospital or developmental center who is eligible for services under the federal Individuals with Disabiliti
• § 56852 — In developing the individualized educational program and providing all special education programs and related services to individuals with exceptional needs residing in the state hospitals, the state
• § 56852.5 — The State Department of Education, within its existing program review process, shall specifically review the appropriateness of pupil placement for educational services as designated in the pupil’s in
• § 56853 — (a) This chapter does not affect the continued authority of the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals over educational programs for individuals not eligible for services unde
• § 56854 — (a) The Superintendent and the Directors of the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals shall develop written interagency agreements to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
• § 56855 — For each county in which a state hospital is located the county superintendent of schools shall ensure that appropriate special education and related services are available in the community for which
• § 56856 — In order to provide appropriate special education and related services to an individual residing in a state hospital, the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals shall contract
• § 56857 — Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals from contracting with a local public education agency, a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or a
• § 56857.5 — (a) Community school agencies providing school programs on state hospital or developmental center grounds shall begin the orderly transfer of all state hospital or developmental center pupils whose in
• § 56858 — (a) On the first day of each month, the State Department of Developmental Services or the State Department of State Hospitals, as appropriate, upon submission of an invoice by the county superintenden
• § 56858.5 — (a) A contract prescribed by this chapter shall become effective unless disapproved by the State Department of Finance or State Department of General Services within 20 working days of receipt of the
• § 56858.7 — (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the inclusion of in-kind services or the assignment of state hospital personnel in a contract for services pursuant to this chapter.
• § 56859 — All certificated state hospital or developmental center employees hired to provide educational services to individuals with exceptional needs shall possess an appropriate California credential in spec
• § 56860 — Special transportation shall be the responsibility of the state hospital.
• § 56862 — It is not the intent of this chapter to displace educational and related services personnel already employed by the state hospitals under the administration of the State Department of Developmental Se
• § 56863 — (a) The state hospital or developmental center, as part of the notification to the educational rights holder of their rights pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.
• § 56864 — Individuals with exceptional needs residing in state hospitals shall not be included within the funding calculation made pursuant to Chapter 7.
• § 56865 — Funds appropriated by Section 11 of Chapter 1191 of the Statutes of 1980 may be used for remodeling classrooms located in a community school, in addition to the purposes of Chapter 25 (commencing with
• § 58400 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares that several schools have developed programs of individualized instruction based upon performance criteria, including the integration of vocational education
• § 58401 — As used in this chapter “individualized instruction based upon performance criteria” means an educational method in which (a) aptitudes, interests, motivations, and other characteristics of each stude
• § 58402 — The Legislature further finds and declares that funds are needed to convert the regular curriculum to individualized instruction and integration of vocational education and that once such conversion a
• § 58403 — The State Board of Education shall establish application procedures and select a school district to undertake an individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter.
• § 58404 — In selecting a school district to undertake an individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter, the board shall use the following criteria: (a) The school district shall be a large urban u
• § 58405 — In selecting the school district to undertake the individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter, the State Board of Education shall conduct a thorough field review in order to make indep
• § 58406 — The district selected to undertake the program authorized by this chapter shall have complete responsibility for the program’s progress and success.
• § 58407 — The state board may waive any provision of this code, with the exception of Article 1 (commencing with Section 16500), and Article 3 (commencing with Section 39140) of Chapter 2 of Part 23, which it d
• § 58409 — District evaluation and reporting requirements required by this article shall not supersede other legal requirements.
• § 58500 — The governing board of any school district may establish and maintain one or more alternative schools within the district.
• § 58501 — The following notice shall be sent along with the notification of parents and guardians required by Section 48980: “Notice of Alternative Schools California state law authorizes all school districts t
• § 58502 — The parent or guardian of any pupil may request the governing board of a school district to establish an alternative school program or programs in the district pursuant to this chapter.
• § 58503 — Teachers employed and students enrolled in the alternative school shall be selected entirely from volunteers.
• § 58504 — Previous classroom performance shall not be a criterion limiting any student from the opportunity of attending an alternative school.
• § 58505 — A district may establish alternative schools in each attendance area or on a districtwide basis, with enrollment open to all students districtwide, or any combination thereof.
• § 58507 — Alternative schools shall be operated in a manner to maximize the opportunity for improvement of the general school curriculum by innovative methods and ideas developed within the alternative school o
• § 58509 — For the operation of alternative schools as herein defined, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may, upon application of a school district, waive any provisions of this code other than those rela
• § 58510 — Each district operating an alternative school shall annually evaluate such school.
• § 58511 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish minimum standards to further implement the definition of alternative schools as used in Section 58500 and may also establish such further guide
• § 58512 — The governing board of a school district maintaining an alternative school may provide in whole or in part for the transportation of a pupil attending the alternative school.
• § 58800 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to assist in the establishment of specialized high schools in the state to provide advanced instruction and training in high technology fie
• § 58801 — Any school district operating one or more high schools, or any consortium of school districts that operate one or more high schools, or any county superintendent of schools, or any county board of edu
• § 58801.5 — Entities eligible for funding of startup costs pursuant to Section 58801 shall be eligible to compete for funding for startup costs regardless of funding in any prior year.
• § 58801.6 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds as available from the annual Budget Act for support of specialized secondary programs established prior to the 1991–92 fiscal year that o
• § 58802 — Faculty members providing instruction in specialized secondary programs shall develop model curricula which the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make available to other school districts in t
• § 58803 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, specialized secondary programs may select as teachers noncredentialed persons who possess unique talents or skills from business, performing arts, or postse
• § 58804 — From the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of Section 42238, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make allocations for the purposes of this chapter to county superintend
• § 58804.2 — Commencing with the 1992–93 academic year, each specialized secondary school operated pursuant to Section 58801.
• § 58805 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into an interagency agreement with a consortium of two or more school districts to establish an academy of visual and performing arts to operate
• § 58806 — A specialized secondary school operated by a county superintendent of schools under this chapter shall be considered a school district by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of recei
• § 59000 — There are two state schools for the deaf, known and designated as the California School for the Deaf, Northern California, and the California School for the Deaf, Southern California.
• § 59001 — The California School for the Deaf is part of the public school system of the state except that it derives no revenue from the State School Fund, and has for its object the education of the deaf who,
• § 59001.2 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) It is essential for the well-being and growth of deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils that educational programs recognize the unique nature of d
• § 59001.4 — It is the intent of the Legislature that programs at the California School for the Deaf provide all of the following: (a) Each pupil should be assured an education appropriate to his or her needs in p
• § 59002 — The California Schools for the Deaf are under the administration of the State Department of Education.
• § 59002.5 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in connection with the California Schools for the Deaf and in cooperation with public and private agencies, may do one or more of the following: (a) Serve as
• § 59003 — The State Department of Education in relation to the California Schools for the Deaf shall: (a) Prescribe rules for the government of the schools.
• § 59004 — The superintendent of the school shall have had not less than three years’ experience in the art of teaching the deaf and shall hold a credential issued by the State Board of Education authorizing him
• § 59005 — The powers and duties of the superintendents of the schools are such as are assigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
• § 59006 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize the California Schools for the Deaf to establish and maintain teacher training courses designed to prepare teachers of the public schools and suc
• § 59007 — The State Department of Education may employ any person, otherwise qualified, who has retired for service under either the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the State Teachers’ Retirement System
• § 59008 — (a) The Department of Human Resources shall consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and administrators of the California School for the Deaf competitive with the salaries of similarly qual
• § 59009 — (a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors for the California School for the Deaf, as defined in Section 59000, to undergo a fingerpri
• § 59020 — Every deaf person between the ages of 3 and 21 years, who is a resident of the state and who meets the criteria set forth in this section, is entitled to an education in the California School for the
• § 59023 — If the parent or guardian of any pupil in the school is unable either himself or from the estate of the child to clothe the child, or pay for its transportation to and from school, or for necessary de
• § 59024 — If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the parent or guardian has sufficient pecuniary ability or that there are sufficient funds in the estate of the child to provide the service for the
• § 59025 — If the Department of Education is not reimbursed by the parent or guardian personally or from the estate of the child for expenditures made by the superintendent under the order of the court or if the
• § 59026 — All money expended under the authority of any such certificate for clothing and transportation, necessary dental work, eye care, operations, and hospitalization, and all money expended by the Departme
• § 59027 — The certificate shall be presented to the superintendent of the school.
• § 59028 — Upon presentation to the county in which the certificate is issued, of an itemized claim, duly sworn to by the superintendent of the school before an officer authorized to administer oaths, for the ex
• § 59029 — All pupils in the school shall be maintained at the expense of the state, except as provided in Sections 59021, 59023 to 59028, inclusive, 59030, and 59031.
• § 59030 — The governing board of each school district of residence shall, from the general fund of the school district, pay for the transportation cost of each pupil of the district in attendance at the Califor
• § 59030.5 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow to the California Schools for the Deaf, an amount not to exceed three hundred eighty-nine dollars ($389) per fiscal year per unit of average daily
• § 59031 — Deaf persons not residents of this state may be admitted to the benefits of the school upon paying to the Department of Education the school year cost for the maintenance, care, and instruction of per
• § 59040 — The Department of Education, in connection with the California School for the Deaf, may establish and maintain a preschool and kindergarten service for the care and teaching of children under school a
• § 59041 — The Department of Education, in connection with the California School for the Deaf, may offer courses of instruction to parents of a deaf child to assist and instruct the parents in the early care and
• § 59042 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize the California School for the Deaf to establish and maintain a testing center for deaf and hard-of-hearing minors.
• § 59043 — Nothing in this article and no rule or regulation established thereunder shall authorize the compulsory physical examination or medical treatment of any child or minor if the parent or guardian object
• § 59044 — The Department of Education, in connection with the California School for the Deaf which maintains automobile driver training courses, may purchase from available funds public liability, property dama
• § 59045 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in conjunction with the California Schools for the Deaf, shall provide assessment and instructional planning services for individuals who are referred for tho
• § 59050 — Notwithstanding Sections 59051, 59052, 59053, and 59054, the California School for the Deaf may not use the American Sign Language Proficiency Interview (ASLPI) or an alternative test selected by the
• § 59051 — During the 2004–05, 2005–06, and 2006–07 school years, for purposes of hiring a certificated individual to instruct deaf pupils, preference shall first be given to a candidate who achieves a minimum s
• § 59052 — (a) Commencing with the 2004-05 school year, an individual may not be hired as a certificated employee to instruct deaf pupils unless the individual achieves a minimum score of 2.
• § 59053 — (a) Commencing with the 2004–05 school year, and every three years thereafter, a certificated employee who instructs deaf pupils and who has not achieved a minimum score of 4 on the American Sign Lang
• § 59054 — (a) For purposes of hiring an individual to serve as a substitute teacher, preference shall be given as follows: (1) First, to a candidate who achieves a minimum score of 4 on the American Sign Langua
• § 59100 — There is one state school for the blind, known and designated as the California School for the Blind.
• § 59101 — The California School for the Blind is a part of the public school system of the state except that it derives no revenue from the State School Fund, and has for its object the education of visually im
• § 59102 — The California School for the Blind is under the administration of the State Department of Education.
• § 59102.5 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in connection with the California School for the Blind and in cooperation with public and private agencies, may: (a) Serve as a demonstration school to promot
• § 59103 — The Department of Education in relation to the California School for the Blind shall: (a) Prescribe rules for the government of the school.
• § 59104 — (a) The Department of Human Resources shall consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and administrators of the California School for the Blind competitive with the salaries of similarly qua
• § 59105 — (a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors for the California School for the Blind, as defined in Section 59100, to undergo a fingerpr
• § 59110 — The superintendent of the school shall have had not less than three years’ experience in the art of teaching the blind and shall hold a credential issued by the State Board of Education authorizing hi