CHAPTER 4.4. Early Education for Individuals with Exceptional Needs
Chapter 4.4 added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1094, Sec. 4.
§§ 56425–56432 · 19 sections
- § 56425 As a condition of receiving state aid pursuant to this part, a local educational agency that operated early education programs for individuals with exceptional…
- § 56425.5 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that early education programs for infants identified as individuals with exceptional needs that provide educational…
- § 56426 An early education program shall include services specially designed to meet the unique needs of infants, from birth to three years of age, and their families.…
- § 56426.1 (a) Home-based early education services funded pursuant to Sections 56427, 56428, and 56432 shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1)…
- § 56426.2 (a) Early education services funded pursuant to Sections 56427, 56428, and 56432 shall be provided through both home visits and group settings with other…
- § 56426.25 The maximum service levels set forth in Sections 56426.1 and 56426.2 apply only for purposes of the allocation of funds for early education programs pursuant…
- § 56426.3 In addition to home-based or home-based and group early education services, related services as defined in Section 300.13 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal…
- § 56426.4 (a) Family involvement activities funded pursuant to Sections 56427, 56428, and 56432 shall support family members in meeting the practical and emotional…
- § 56426.5 If the transdisciplinary team determines home-based and group early education services to be appropriate, but the parent chooses not to receive home-based…
- § 56426.6 (a) Early education services shall be provided by a local educational agency through a transdisciplinary team consisting of a group of professionals from…
- § 56426.7 Medically necessary occupational therapy and physical therapy shall be provided to the infant when warranted by medical diagnosis and contained in the…
- § 56426.8 (a) Early education and related services shall be based on the needs of the infant and the family as determined by the individualized family service plan team,…
- § 56426.9 (a) Pursuant to Section 1437(a)(8) of Title 20 of the United States Code, a local educational agency shall ensure that each child participating in early…
- § 56427 (a) Not less than two million three hundred twenty-four thousand dollars ($2,324,000) of the federal discretionary funds appropriated to the State Department…
- § 56428 (a) For the 1985–86 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, any instructional personnel service unit that was used in the prior fiscal year to provide…
- § 56429 In order to assure the maximum utilization and coordination of local early education services, eligibility for the receipt of funds pursuant to Section 56425,…
- § 56430 (a) Early education services may be provided by any of the following methods: (1) Directly by a local educational agency. (2) Through an interagency agreement…
- § 56431 The Superintendent shall develop procedures and criteria to enable a local educational agency to contract with private nonprofit preschools or child…
- § 56432 (a) For the 1998–99 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, a special education local plan area shall be eligible for state funding of those instructional…