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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56853.

56853. (a) This chapter does not affect the continued authority of the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals over educational programs for individuals not eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.) nor shall it affect the overall responsibility of the state hospitals and developmental centers for the care, treatment, and safety of individuals with exceptional needs under their control. The state hospitals and developmental centers shall continue to render appropriate and necessary developmental services, health related services, psychiatric services, and related services assigned to the state hospitals and developmental centers in the local written agreements, as part of their responsibilities for the care and treatment of state hospital and developmental center residents.
(b) For purposes of this section, “health-related services” shall include services provided by physicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, audiologists, registered nurses, social workers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, psychiatric technicians, rehabilitation therapists, and speech language pathologists, and shall be the responsibility of the state hospital or developmental center if the individual with exceptional needs requires these services while in the community program.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 44, Sec. 3. (AB 121) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56854.

56854. (a) The Superintendent and the Directors of the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals shall develop written interagency agreements to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b) For each county in which a state hospital is located, the county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education and the administrator of the state hospital, shall develop a local written agreement to carry out the purposes of this chapter. These agreements shall be reviewed and updated annually and may be modified at any time with the concurrence of both parties to the agreements.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 2. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56855.

56855. For each county in which a state hospital is located the county superintendent of schools shall ensure that appropriate special education and related services are available in the community for which the state hospitals can contract. Such contract shall provide for any eligible individual with exceptional needs residing in the state hospitals whose individualized education program specifies that educational services for that individual should be most appropriately provided, in whole or in part, in a program other than on the hospital grounds. The county board of education shall approve any programs operated by the county superintendent pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1191, Sec. 4. Effective September 29, 1980.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56856.

56856. 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.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56857.

56857. Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the State Departments of Developmental Services and State Hospitals from contracting with a local public education agency, a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or another agency to provide special education and related services on the state hospital grounds for those pupils whose individualized education programs do not indicate that such education and services should be provided in a program other than on state hospital grounds. These contracts shall not involve funds appropriated for purposes of community-based special education programs provided for state hospital pupils pursuant to this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 4. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56857.5.

56857.5. (a) Community school agencies providing school programs on state hospital or developmental center grounds shall begin the orderly transfer of all state hospital or developmental center pupils whose individualized education programs indicate that a community school program is appropriate, to schools located in the community.
(b) All pupils covered by subdivision (a) shall be served in community schools other than on state hospital or developmental center grounds, and the contracting provisions of this chapter shall apply only to pupils in community school programs other than on state hospital or developmental center grounds.
(c) Waivers to subdivisions (a) and (b) may be granted only when approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and either the Director of the State Department of Developmental Services, for individuals receiving developmental disability services pursuant to Division 4.1 (commencing with Section 4400) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or the Director of State Hospitals, for individuals receiving mental health services pursuant to Division 4 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 44, Sec. 4. (AB 121) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56858.

56858. (a) On the first day of each month, the State Department of Developmental Services or the State Department of State Hospitals, as appropriate, upon submission of an invoice by the county superintendent of schools, shall pay to the county superintendent of schools the amount projected to cover the cost of hospital or developmental center pupils educated in community school programs.
(b) The amount described in subdivision (a) shall be determined according to procedures agreed by the State Department of Developmental Services or the State Department of State Hospitals, and the State Department of Education.
(c) Upon completion of the fiscal year, the county superintendent of schools shall calculate the actual cost of hospital pupils educated in community schools according to procedures in subdivision (b) approved by the State Department of Developmental Services or the State Department of State Hospitals and the State Department of Education.
(d) If the calculated actual cost of educating these pupils is greater than the total amount the county superintendent of schools has received for the fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (a), the following years’ distribution shall be adjusted accordingly.
(e) The county superintendent of schools shall distribute funds to participating districts on a pro rata basis.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 44, Sec. 5. (AB 121) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56858.5.

56858.5. (a) A contract prescribed by this chapter shall become effective unless disapproved by the State Department of Finance or State Department of General Services within 20 working days of receipt of the contract. Each department shall have 10 working days to consider the contract.
(b) Contracts shall be submitted to the State Department of Developmental Services or the State Department of State Hospitals, as appropriate, for approval before May 15.
(c) A payment shall not be processed before contract approval, and educational services shall not be provided in the community school programs before contract approval.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 44, Sec. 6. (AB 121) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56858.7.

56858.7. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit the inclusion of in-kind services or the assignment of state hospital personnel in a contract for services pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Ten percent of the contract costs shall be attributed to in-kind services. In-kind services above 10 percent of the contract costs shall be mutually agreed upon by both parties to the contract. Any disagreement over in-kind services above 10 percent shall not be cause for delaying approval of the contract.
(c) A 60 day prior written notice shall be given by the state hospital to the county superintendent of schools for the initiation or removal of in-kind state hospital classified personnel.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1201, Sec. 60. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56859.

56859. All certificated state hospital or developmental center employees hired to provide educational services to individuals with exceptional needs shall possess an appropriate California credential in special education. Certificated state hospital or developmental center employees who do not possess appropriate California credentials in special education shall be reassigned to provide educational services to individuals residing in state hospitals and developmental centers who are not eligible for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.).
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 44, Sec. 7. (AB 121) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56860.

56860. Special transportation shall be the responsibility of the state hospital.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1201, Sec. 63. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56862.

56862. It is not the intent of this chapter to displace educational and related services personnel already employed by the state hospitals under the administration of the State Department of Developmental Services or the State Department of State Hospitals, or to reduce their salaries or other employee benefits.
The State Department of Developmental Services and the State Department of State Hospitals shall complete an annual review of the impact that implementation of this act will have in reducing the need for positions in state hospitals due to time spent by residents in community education programs and shall submit a report on its findings to the Department of Finance for approval.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 440, Sec. 5. (AB 1488) Effective September 22, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56863.

56863. (a) The state hospital or developmental center, as part of the notification to the educational rights holder of their rights pursuant to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.), the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 701 et seq.), and this part and implementing regulations, shall notify the educational rights holder of the right that the student can be considered for education programs other than on state hospital or developmental center grounds.
(b) For purposes of this section, “educational rights holder” means a parent, a legal guardian, a conservator, a person acting as a parent of a child, an adult student who is not conserved, a surrogate parent appointed pursuant to Section 300.519 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any other person responsible for protecting the student’s rights and interests with respect to educational or developmental services, including any special education and related services.
(c) Information and records concerning state hospital and developmental center patients in the possession of the Superintendent shall be treated as confidential under Section 5328 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and the federal Privacy Act of 1974, Public Law 93-579.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 44, Sec. 8. (AB 121) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56864.

56864. Individuals with exceptional needs residing in state hospitals shall not be included within the funding calculation made pursuant to Chapter 7.2 (commencing with Section 56836).
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 89, Sec. 59. Effective June 30, 1998. Operative July 1, 1998, by Sec. 62 of Ch. 89.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 30 - SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 8 - Special Education Programs for Individuals With Exceptional Needs Residing in State Hospitals › Section 56865.

56865. Funds appropriated by Section 11 of Chapter 1191 of the Statutes of 1980 may be used for remodeling classrooms located in a community school, in addition to the purposes of Chapter 25 (commencing with Section 17785) of Part 10, in order to serve state hospital pupils whose individualized education programs require a community school program.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1201, Sec. 66. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58400.

58400. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that several schools have developed programs of individualized instruction based upon performance criteria, including the integration of vocational education with the regular coursework, which have greatly improved their students’ achievement and that the success of such programs offers great promise for improving the effectiveness of education throughout the state. The Legislature intends to extend the use of individualized instruction programs on a large scale and to immediately organize a comprehensive program of individualized instruction based upon performance criteria in a major urban school district. Such a comprehensive program shall:
(a) Address the range of socioeconomic-educational problems of urban school children which will be faced by other urban school districts which may desire to develop individualized instruction programs.
(b) Convert the entire curriculum for kindergarten through 12th grade and articulate the curriculum with a community college.
(c) Fully integrate vocational education with the regular curriculum in order to acquaint students with a variety of career alternatives and to provide them with flexible opportunities to acquire the combination of vocational and academic skills required for their individual educational and career objectives.
(d) Draw together existing experience, techniques, and material in the field of individualized instruction, and produce an increased fund of economically reproducible instructional resources to accelerate large-scale conversion of schools in other school districts of the state.
(e) Provide a careful evaluation of the effectiveness of individualized instruction and the problems of conversion, including teacher training, curriculum design and production, integration of vocational education with the regular coursework, and plant utilization. Such an evaluation will help other school districts avoid pitfalls and unnecessary expenditures and permit their programs of individualized instruction to be developed with maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
(f) Provide a major opportunity to design and test the criteria and tools for measuring educational performance. Such an opportunity shall contribute essential information and experience to efforts to set goals and measure performance in all the schools of this state.
(g) Provide the Governor and the Legislature with more precise information on the fiscal requirements for converting schools in this state to programs of individualized instruction.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58401.

58401. As used in this chapter “individualized instruction based upon performance criteria” means an educational method in which (a) aptitudes, interests, motivations, and other characteristics of each student play a major role in the selection of educational objectives and the determination of the sequence of study and choice of materials and procedures; (b) the time spent by each student in a given subject area is determined by his performance; and (c) the progress of each student is measured by comparing his performance with a specific objective, rather than with the performance of other students.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58402.

58402. The Legislature further finds and declares that funds are needed to convert the regular curriculum to individualized instruction and integration of vocational education and that once such conversion and integration have been accomplished, such program shall operate on the funds regularly available to the school districts.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58403.

58403. The State Board of Education shall establish application procedures and select a school district to undertake an individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter. The specific goal of the individualized instruction program authorized by this article shall be to convert at least one high school and the network of elementary and junior high schools which provide students to that high school to a program of individualized instruction based upon performance criteria, including the full integration of vocational education with the regular coursework, and to articulate this program with a community college. In authorizing this program, the Legislature recognizes that conversion of the entire network of schools may require incremental development beginning, for example, with a high school, one junior high school, and one elementary school.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58404.

58404. In selecting a school district to undertake an individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter, the board shall use the following criteria:
(a) The school district shall be a large urban unified district, which had an average daily attendance of not less than 30,000 for the school year 1967–1968, and which has an agreement with a community college to articulate their curricula.
(b) The high school and network of junior high and elementary schools shall be representative of the range of socioeconomic-educational problems faced by urban schools.
(c) The local board of education and administrators of the school district and the administrators and teachers of the schools to be involved shall be strongly committed to the goals of the individualized instruction program.
(d) The individualized instruction program shall be carried out with maximum participation of the teachers and administrators of the individual schools and with substantial flexibility for each school to establish its own program within the framework of general goals and requirements for the overall program within the school district.
(e) The school district shall have a plan for community involvement with the program, including students, parents, and representatives of business, industry, organized labor, community and civic organizations, and the general public.
(f) The cost experience of the individualized instruction program and the instructional technology used in the school district shall be readily transferable to other schools in the state.
(g) The schools selected by the district to participate in the program shall receive entitlement equivalent to the total amount of resources from state, local and federal funds which would otherwise be provided the schools under the district’s current budgeting procedures.
(h) The instructional program shall include the full integration of vocational education with the regular curriculum and shall acquaint students in all grades with career alternatives and the relevancy of the school curricula to achieving career objectives.
(i) The school district shall have a written statement adopted by the local board of education setting forth the goals, and to the extent feasible, the measurable objectives of education in the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58405.

58405. In selecting the school district to undertake the individualized instruction program pursuant to this chapter, the State Board of Education shall conduct a thorough field review in order to make independent judgments of the suitability of a district to participate in the program. The field review shall include a rating of the levels of commitment of the teachers and administrators to the individualized instruction program set forth in this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58406.

58406. The district selected to undertake the program authorized by this chapter shall have complete responsibility for the program’s progress and success. The staff of the Department of Education shall serve as a resource team that shall provide technical assistance and advice to the school district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58407.

58407. The state board may waive any provision of this code, with the exception of Article 1 (commencing with Section 16500), and Article 3 (commencing with Section 39140) of Chapter 2 of Part 23, which it deems is necessary to waive to assure the success of the program authorized by this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 127. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Individual Instruction › Section 58409.

58409. District evaluation and reporting requirements required by this article shall not supersede other legal requirements.
It is the intent of the Legislature, however, that the State Board of Education and the Department of Education make every effort to use the evaluation and reporting requirements under this chapter in fulfilling any other legal requirements in order to minimize the administrative burdens on the school district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58500.

58500. The governing board of any school district may establish and maintain one or more alternative schools within the district.
For the purposes of this article, an alternative school is defined as a school or separate class group within a school which is operated in a manner designed to:
(a) Maximize the opportunity for students to develop the positive values of self-reliance, initiative, kindness, spontaneity, resourcefulness, courage, creativity, responsibility, and joy.
(b) Recognize that the best learning takes place when the student learns because of his desire to learn.
(c) Maintain a learning situation maximizing student self-motivation and encouraging the student in his own time to follow his own interests. These interests may be conceived by him totally and independently or may result in whole or in part from a presentation by his teachers of choices of learning projects.
(d) Maximize the opportunity for teachers, parents and students to cooperatively develop the learning process and its subject matter. This opportunity shall be a continuous, permanent process.
(e) Maximize the opportunity for the students, teachers, and parents to continuously react to the changing world, including but not limited to the community in which the school is located.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58501.

58501. The following notice shall be sent along with the notification of parents and guardians required by Section 48980:
“Notice of Alternative Schools
California state law authorizes all school districts to provide for alternative schools. Section 58500 of the Education Code defines alternative school as a school or separate class group within a school which is operated in a manner designed to:
(a) Maximize the opportunity for students to develop the positive values of self-reliance, initiative, kindness, spontaneity, resourcefulness, courage, creativity, responsibility, and joy.
(b) Recognize that the best learning takes place when the student learns because of his desire to learn.
(c) Maintain a learning situation maximizing student self-motivation and encouraging the student in his own time to follow his own interests. These interests may be conceived by him totally and independently or may result in whole or in part from a presentation by his teachers of choices of learning projects.
(d) Maximize the opportunity for teachers, parents and students to cooperatively develop the learning process and its subject matter. This opportunity shall be a continuous, permanent process.
(e) Maximize the opportunity for the students, teachers, and parents to continuously react to the changing world, including but not limited to the community in which the school is located.
In the event any parent, pupil, or teacher is interested in further information concerning alternative schools, the county superintendent of schools, the administrative office of this district, and the principal’s office in each attendance unit have copies of the law available for your information. This law particularly authorizes interested persons to request the governing board of the district to establish alternative school programs in each district.”
Further, a copy shall be posted in at least two places normally visible to pupils, teachers, and visiting parents in each attendance unit for the entire month of March in each year.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 469, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58502.

58502. The parent or guardian of any pupil may request the governing board of a school district to establish an alternative school program or programs in the district pursuant to this chapter.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58503.

58503. Teachers employed and students enrolled in the alternative school shall be selected entirely from volunteers.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58504.

58504. Previous classroom performance shall not be a criterion limiting any student from the opportunity of attending an alternative school.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58505.

58505. A district may establish alternative schools in each attendance area or on a districtwide basis, with enrollment open to all students districtwide, or any combination thereof.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 911.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58507.

58507. Alternative schools shall be operated in a manner to maximize the opportunity for improvement of the general school curriculum by innovative methods and ideas developed within the alternative school operation and to improve the general level of education in the State of California as provided in Section 58510.
Any alternative school shall be maintained and funded by the school district at the same level of support as other educational programs for children of the same age level operated by the district.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58509.

58509. For the operation of alternative schools as herein defined, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may, upon application of a school district, waive any provisions of this code other than those relating to earthquake safety and the provisions of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 380.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58510.

58510. Each district operating an alternative school shall annually evaluate such school. The evaluation shall include testing of basic skills for student participants, and must identify the variables which may have affected student academic achievement. The process of evaluation shall also include teacher, parent, and student input from the alternative school itself. These evaluation reports shall be sent to the Superintendent of Public Instruction on or before August 1st of the following year and shall be annually reviewed by persons designated by the superintendent who are not employed by the district operating the alternative school under review.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 911.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58511.

58511. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall establish minimum standards to further implement the definition of alternative schools as used in Section 58500 and may also establish such further guidelines as may be deemed by him necessary to the proper administration of this article.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 3 - Alternative Schools › Section 58512.

58512. The governing board of a school district maintaining an alternative school may provide in whole or in part for the transportation of a pupil attending the alternative school. In lieu of providing such transportation, the governing board may pay to the parents or guardian of the pupil a sum not to exceed the cost of actual and necessary travel incurred in transporting such pupils in cases where transportation is provided by or paid for by the parents or guardian; provided, that in no case shall the district’s state apportionment for transportation expenses be increased because of the operation of an alternative school.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 6 - Specialized Secondary Programs › Section 58800.

58800. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to assist in the establishment of specialized high schools in the state to provide advanced instruction and training in high technology fields and in the performing arts.
The Legislature recognizes that the establishment of these specialized high schools will benefit the state economy by providing opportunities to talented pupils to obtain enhanced learning opportunities in high technology fields and in the performing arts while enrolled in schools located in school districts in close proximity to areas in which these industries are located.
The Legislature also recognizes that the high technology specialized high schools established under this chapter will enable the faculty providing instruction in these schools to develop model curricula of general application in the fields of mathematics, science, performing arts, and computer technology to be made available to other school districts in the public school system.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 106, Sec. 1.)
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58801. Any school district operating one or more high schools, or any consortium of school districts that operate one or more high schools, or any county superintendent of schools, or any county board of education, may submit a proposal to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish a school or schools with specialized curricula in high technology, performing arts, or other special curricular areas, for pupils in grades 9 through 12. School districts that submit proposals as a consortium shall agree to accept pupils from each district in the consortium at the specialized school.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall, commencing with the 1984–85 fiscal year, allocate funds for startup costs of these specialized secondary schools or programs.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 831, Sec. 1. Effective September 19, 1985.)
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58801.5. Entities eligible for funding of startup costs pursuant to Section 58801 shall be eligible to compete for funding for startup costs regardless of funding in any prior year. Receipt of funds for additional startup costs shall be based upon the addition of new program offerings. Funds provided pursuant to this section shall supplement, and shall not supplant, funds provided pursuant to Section 58801.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 676, Sec. 1.)
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58801.6. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apportion funds as available from the annual Budget Act for support of specialized secondary programs established prior to the 1991–92 fiscal year that operate in conjunction with the California State University. Funds apportioned pursuant to this section shall be distributed equally among eligible specialized secondary schools.
(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 563, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES › PART 31 - EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 6 - Specialized Secondary Programs › Section 58802.

58802. Faculty members providing instruction in specialized secondary programs shall develop model curricula which the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make available to other school districts in the state.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 922, Sec. 166. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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58803. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, specialized secondary programs may select as teachers noncredentialed persons who possess unique talents or skills from business, performing arts, or postsecondary institutions. No noncredentialed person shall be retained as a teacher in a specialized secondary program unless, within 60 days after the governing board has hired such a person, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing has issued a certificate of clearance for him or her, which the commission shall issue when it has verified the person’s personal identification and good moral character.
Each school district governing board that employs noncredentialed persons to teach in specialized secondary programs shall annually report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction the number of those persons employed, the subjects they are employed to teach, and the unique talents and skills they possess.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 498, Sec. 112. Effective July 28, 1983.)
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58804. From the funds appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of Section 42238, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make allocations for the purposes of this chapter to county superintendents of schools, and county boards of education, operating approved specialized secondary schools, as follows:
(a) For the 1985–86 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, in lieu of the funding calculation set forth in Section 42238, the revenue limit for each county superintendent of schools, or county board of education, operating one or more specialized secondary schools shall be calculated by multiplying the average daily attendance for the school or schools by the statewide average base revenue limit per unit of average daily attendance, for high school districts, as computed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.
(b) The school district of residence of any pupil enrolled in a specialized secondary school operated by a county superintendent of schools or county board of education shall not include the attendance of that pupil in any computation of average daily attendance for purposes of Section 42238.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 831, Sec. 2. Effective September 19, 1985.)
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58804.2. Commencing with the 1992–93 academic year, each specialized secondary school operated pursuant to Section 58801.6 shall annually evaluate the success of its program as follows:
(a) The program shall be deemed successful if it meets all of the following:
(1) Eighty percent of the pupils participating in the program pursue either postsecondary education or additional professional training in their chosen fields of study after graduation from high school.
(2) Eighty percent of the pupils that remain in the program complete their high school education.
(b) The program shall also be evaluated based on an assessment of other factors including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Increased pupil, parent, community, professional and business community, and school employee satisfaction with pupil learning, school organization, and school governance and management.
(2) Counseling and other support services that enhance the program and the success of the pupils.
(3) Improvement in the academic performance of pupils as measured by grade point average or other appropriate standards of achievement.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1296, Sec. 32. Effective October 11, 1993.)
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58805. (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into an interagency agreement with a consortium of two or more school districts to establish an academy of visual and performing arts to operate specialized secondary school programs in visual and performing arts that are conducted outside the regular schoolday, subject to this chapter.
(b) The governing boards of any two or more school districts or county offices of education may enter into the consortium described in subdivision (a). The academy established by this section shall be governed, subject to the interagency agreement provided for by subdivision (a), by a five-member governing board which shall be made up of 3 members representing the consortium who shall be superintendents or their designees of school districts or county offices of education with the largest student participation; and two members appointed by the Foundation for the Academy of Performing and Visual Arts. The authority of the board to operate the academy shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) The appointment of a director to develop and administer the academy and the specialized secondary school programs operated by the academy.
(2) The execution of an agreement with any urban campus of a college or university with a means for assisting in the development of similar programs at other campuses or universities on a statewide basis, for the use of the educational resources of that campus for the purposes of this section.
(3) Responsibility over the fiscal accountability of the academy.
(c) For the purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 46300, the off-campus participation, by a pupil in any of the grades 9 to 12, inclusive, in any program of visual or performing arts operated under this section may be authorized as an independent study program in accordance with Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 51745) of Chapter 5 of Part 28. In no event shall a pupil concurrently enrolled in an independent study program and in a regular comprehensive high school or junior high school generate, for the purposes of Section 46300, more than one unit of average daily attendance per school year.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1315, Sec. 1.)
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58806. A specialized secondary school operated by a county superintendent of schools under this chapter shall be considered a school district by the Superintendent of Public Instruction for purposes of receiving funds pursuant to Sections 42239 and 42239.5 of the Education Code. If a specialized secondary school counts a pupil in its summer school enrollment, the school shall notify the pupil’s school district of original attendance, and that school district shall not count that pupil in its summer school enrollment.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 448, Sec. 1. Effective July 31, 1990.)
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59000. There are two state schools for the deaf, known and designated as the California School for the Deaf, Northern California, and the California School for the Deaf, Southern California. The term “California School for the Deaf” shall refer to both schools unless the context otherwise requires.
(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)