CHAPTER 1. California Schools for the Deaf

Heading of Chapter 1 amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 759, Sec. 49.

§§ 59000–59054 · 35 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 59000–59009 · 13 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 59002 The California Schools for the Deaf are under the administration of the State Department of Education. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in connection…
   • § 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…
   • § 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. (b) Appoint…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 59007 The State Department of Education may employ any person, otherwise qualified, who has retired for service under either the Public Employees’ 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…
   • § 59009 (a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors for the California School for the Deaf, as defined…
2. ARTICLE 2. Pupils §§ 59020–59031 · 11 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 59026 All money expended under the authority of any such certificate for clothing and transportation, necessary dental work, eye care, operations, and…
   • § 59027 The certificate shall be presented to the superintendent of the school. When the certificate shows that the parent or guardian of the child is unable either…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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)…
   • § 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…
3. ARTICLE 3. Services §§ 59040–59045 · 6 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 59042 The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize the California School for the Deaf to establish and maintain a testing center for deaf and…
   • § 59043 Nothing in this article and no rule or regulation established thereunder shall authorize the compulsory physical examination or medical treatment of any child…
   • § 59044 The Department of Education, in connection with the California School for the Deaf which maintains automobile driver training courses, may purchase from…
   • § 59045 The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in conjunction with the California Schools for the Deaf, shall provide assessment and instructional planning services…
4. ARTICLE 4. Employment Qualifications §§ 59050–59054 · 5 sections

   • § 59050 Notwithstanding Sections 59051, 59052, 59053, and 59054, the California School for the Deaf may not use the American Sign Language Proficiency Interview…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…