{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"56030.5","citation":"Ed. Code, § 56030.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2"},{"name":"DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4"},{"name":"PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS [56000. - 56865.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [56000. - 56070.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30/chapter-1"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Definitions [56020. - 56035.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30/chapter-1/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 347, Sec. 33.   (SB 942)   Effective January 1, 2012.","effective":"2012-01-01","html":"<p>“Severely disabled” means individuals with exceptional needs who require intensive instruction and training in programs serving pupils with the following profound disabilities: autism, blindness, deafness, severe orthopedic impairments, serious emotional disturbances, severe intellectual disability, and those individuals who would have been eligible for enrollment in a development center for handicapped pupils under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 56800), as it read on January 1, 1980.</p>","text":"“Severely disabled” means individuals with exceptional needs who require intensive instruction and training in programs serving pupils with the following profound disabilities: autism, blindness, deafness, severe orthopedic impairments, serious emotional disturbances, severe intellectual disability, and those individuals who would have been eligible for enrollment in a development center for handicapped pupils under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 56800), as it read on January 1, 1980.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/definitions-56030-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}