{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"56505.2","citation":"Ed. Code, § 56505.2","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 5. Procedural Safeguards [56500. - 56509.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-2/division-4/part-30/chapter-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 408, Sec. 2.   Effective January 1, 2005.","effective":"2005-01-01","html":"<p>(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 individual with exceptional needs provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian agency, if the school or agency has not been certified pursuant to Section <a href=\"/edc/56366.1\">56366.1</a>.</p><p>(b) A hearing officer shall consider Sections <a href=\"/edc/56365\">56365</a>, <a href=\"/edc/56366\">56366</a>, and <a href=\"/edc/56366.1\">56366.1</a> during a due process hearing concerning an issue of placement of an individual with exceptional needs in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or services for an individual with exceptional needs provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian agency.</p>","text":"(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 individual with exceptional needs provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian agency, if the school or agency has not been certified pursuant to Section 56366.1. (b) A hearing officer shall consider Sections 56365, 56366, and 56366.1 during a due process hearing concerning an issue of placement of an individual with exceptional needs in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or services for an individual with exceptional needs provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian agency.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/procedural-safeguards-56505-2","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}