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TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 33000-65001›DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES 46000-65001›PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS 56000-56865›CHAPTER 8. Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals 56850-56865

§ 56856

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

In order to provide appropriate special education and related services to an individual residing in a state hospital, the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals shall contract with a county superintendent of schools, nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or other agency to provide all or part of the services that the individual’s individualized education program indicates should be provided in a program other than on state hospital grounds. A contract between a state hospital and a nonpublic, nonsectarian school shall only be entered into when no appropriate public education program is available.

(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 3. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)

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