2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 7.2 - Special Education Funding › ARTICLE 4 - Nonpublic, Nonsectarian School Contracts › Section 56836.20.

56836.20. (a) The cost of master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools and agencies that a special education local plan area enters into shall not include any of the following costs that a special education local plan area may incur:
(1) Administrative or indirect costs of the special education local plan area.
(2) Direct support costs for the special education local plan area.
(3) Transportation costs provided either directly, or through a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency contract for use of services or equipment owned, leased, or contracted, by a special education local plan area for any pupils enrolled in nonpublic, nonsectarian schools or agencies, unless provided directly or subcontracted by that nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 56366.
(4) Costs for services routinely provided by the special education local plan area including the following, unless the board grants a waiver under Section 56101:
(A) School psychologist services other than those described in Sections 56324 and 56363 and included in a master contract and individual services agreement under subdivision (a) of Section 56366.
(B) School nurse services other than those described in Sections 49423.5, 56324, and 56363 and included in a master contract and individual services agreement under subdivision (a) of Section 56366.
(C) Language, speech, and hearing services other than those included in a master contract and individual services agreement under subdivision (a) of Section 56366.
(D) Modified, specialized, or adapted physical education services other than those included in a master contract and individual services agreement under subdivision (a) of Section 56366.
(E) Other services not specified by a pupil’s individualized education program or funded by the state on a caseload basis.
(5) Costs for nonspecial education programs or settings, including those provided for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of birth and five years, inclusive, pursuant to Sections 56431 and 56441.8.
(6) Costs for nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency placements outside of the state unless the board has granted a waiver pursuant to subdivisions (e) and (f) of Section 56365.
(7) Costs for related nonpublic, nonsectarian school pupil assessments by a school psychologist or school nurse pursuant to Sections 56320 and 56324.
(8) Costs for services that the nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency is not certified to provide.
(9) Costs for services provided by personnel who do not meet the requirements specified in subdivision (l) of Section 56366.1.
(10) Costs for services provided by public school employees.
(b) A nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency shall not claim and is not entitled to receive reimbursement for attendance unless the site where the pupil is receiving special education or designated instruction and services is certified.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 854, Sec. 65. Effective January 1, 1998.)