CHAPTER 2. California School for the Blind [59100. - 59144.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 59100–59144 · 27 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 59100–59105 · 7 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 59102 The California School for the Blind is under the administration of the State Department of Education. The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in connection…
   • § 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)…
   • § 59103 The Department of Education in relation to the California School for the Blind shall: (a) Prescribe rules for the government of the school. (b) Appoint the…
   • § 59104 (a) The Department of Human Resources shall consider making salaries for teachers, specialists, and administrators of the California School for the Blind…
   • § 59105 (a) The department may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors for the California School for the Blind, as…
2. ARTICLE 2. Teaching Force §§ 59110–59113 · 4 sections

   • § 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…
   • § 59111 The powers and duties of the superintendent of the school are such as are assigned by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
   • § 59112 There is hereby created at the California School for the Blind the position of field worker to be appointed by the superintendent of the school with the…
   • § 59113 The Department of Education may employ any person, otherwise qualified, who has retired for service under either the Public Employees’ Retirement System or the…
3. ARTICLE 3. Pupils §§ 59120–59131 · 11 sections

   • § 59120 Every blind person resident of this state, of suitable age and capacity, is entitled to an education in the California School for the Blind free of charge.
   • § 59123 All pupils in the school shall be maintained at the expense of the state, except as provided in Sections 59121, 59124 to 59128, inclusive, and 59131.
   • § 59124 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…
   • § 59124.5 The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow to the California School for the Blind, an amount not to exceed three hundred eighty-nine dollars ($389)…
   • § 59125 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…
   • § 59126 The certificate shall be presented to the superintendent of the school and the superintendent when the certificate shows the parent or guardian of the child is…
   • § 59127 All money expended under the authority of any such certificate for clothing and transportation, necessary dental work, eye care, operations and…
   • § 59128 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…
   • § 59129 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…
   • § 59130 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…
   • § 59131 Blind persons not residents of this state may be admitted to the benefits of the school upon paying to the Department of Education the sum of the school year…
4. ARTICLE 4. Services and Courses §§ 59140–59144 · 5 sections

   • § 59140 The Department of Education, in connection with the California School for the Blind, shall establish and maintain a kindergarten service for the care and…
   • § 59141 The Department of Education shall create the position of visiting teacher to blind children of preschool age. With the consent of the parents of any blind…
   • § 59142 The Department of Education, in addition to the teaching and education of the blind of suitable age, shall adopt measures and prescribe rules for the giving of…
   • § 59143 The Superintendent of Public Instruction may authorize the California School for the Blind to establish and maintain, either independently or in cooperation…
   • § 59144 The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in conjunction with the California School for the Blind, shall provide assessment and instructional planning services…