TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-65001›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS 56000-56865›CHAPTER 4. Identification and Referral, Assessment, Instructional Planning, Implementation,and Review 56300-56385›ARTICLE 4. Implementation 56360-56369

§ 56366.9

California Education Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-03 · California

A licensed children’s institution at which individuals with exceptional needs reside shall not require as a condition of residential placement that it provide the appropriate educational programs to those individuals through a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency owned, operated by, or associated with, a licensed children’s institution. Those services may only be provided if the special education local plan area determines that appropriate public alternative educational programs are not available. A licensed children’s institution shall not refer a pupil to, or place a pupil in, a nonpublic, nonsectarian school.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 571, Sec. 5. (SB 121) Effective January 1, 2013.)

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