California Education Code

§ 59001.2

EDC § 59001.2 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 4 · Title 2 · Part 32 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)It is essential for the well-being and growth of deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils that educational programs recognize the unique nature of deafness and ensure that all deaf and hard-of-hearing pupils have appropriate, ongoing, and fully accessible educational opportunities.

(b)It is essential that a deaf or hard-of-hearing pupil obtain an education in which special education teachers, psychologists, speech therapists, assessors, administrators, and other school and residential program personnel understand the unique nature of deafness and are trained to work with a deaf or hard-of-hearing pupil.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 865, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2004.