{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"56366.9","citation":"Ed. Code, § 56366.9","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 4. Identification and Referral, Assessment, Instructional Planning, Implementation,and Review [56300. - 56385.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30/chapter-4"},{"name":"ARTICLE 4. Implementation [56360. - 56369.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30/chapter-4/article-4"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 571, Sec. 5.   (SB 121)   Effective January 1, 2013.","effective":"2013-01-01","html":"<p>A licensed children’s institution at which individuals with exceptional needs reside shall not require as a condition of residential placement that it provide the appropriate educational programs to those individuals through a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency owned, operated by, or associated with, a licensed children’s institution. Those services may only be provided if the special education local plan area determines that appropriate public alternative educational programs are not available. A licensed children’s institution shall not refer a pupil to, or place a pupil in, a nonpublic, nonsectarian school.</p>","text":"A licensed children’s institution at which individuals with exceptional needs reside shall not require as a condition of residential placement that it provide the appropriate educational programs to those individuals through a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency owned, operated by, or associated with, a licensed children’s institution. Those services may only be provided if the special education local plan area determines that appropriate public alternative educational programs are not available. A licensed children’s institution shall not refer a pupil to, or place a pupil in, a nonpublic, nonsectarian school.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/implementation-56366-9","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}