California Education Code

§ 56305

EDC § 56305 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 30 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)On or before July 1, 2019, the department shall develop a manual providing guidance to local educational agencies on identifying English learners as individuals with exceptional needs, classifying individuals with exceptional needs as English learners, supporting pupils who are both English learners and individuals with exceptional needs, and determining when such dually identified pupils should be either removed from classification as English learners or exited from special education.

(b)The goal of the manual shall be to provide guidance, for voluntary use by local educational agencies, charter schools, and the state special schools, on evidence-based and promising practices for the identification, assessment, support, and reclassification of these pupils and to promote a collaborative approach among general education teachers, special education teachers, school administrators, paraprofessionals, other involved personnel, and parents in determining the most appropriate academic placements and services for these pupils.

(c)In developing the manual, the department shall do both of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 507, Sec. 13. (SB 816) Effective January 1, 2019.