TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-64100›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS 56000-56865›CHAPTER 1. General Provisions 56000-56070›ARTICLE 2. Definitions 56020-56035

§ 56030.5

California Education Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

“Severely disabled” means individuals with exceptional needs who require intensive instruction and training in programs serving pupils with the following profound disabilities: autism, blindness, deafness, severe orthopedic impairments, serious emotional disturbances, severe intellectual disability, and those individuals who would have been eligible for enrollment in a development center for handicapped pupils under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 56800), as it read on January 1, 1980.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 347, Sec. 33. (SB 942) Effective January 1, 2012.)

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