California Special Education Programs: A Composite of Laws. Education Code--Part 30 and Other Related Laws. Revised To Cover Laws Enacted during 1986. Ninth Edition.

Overview & Synopsis

The ninth edition of the composite of California laws relating to special education covers statutes chaptered through 1986. It contains the text of Part 30 of the California Education Code as well as selected provisions of the Health and Safety Code, Government Code, Welfare and Institutions Code, and other parts of the Education Code having a direct impact on special education and related services for individuals with exceptional needs. The text is accompanied by summary statements of legislative intent. Part 30 of the Education Code was rewritten in 1980 primarily by Senate Bill 1870 which repealed all former special education categorical programs and Master Plan for Special Education program Education Code sections that were in effect on January 1, 1980. It also restructured and added code sections implementing the Master Plan for Special Education statewide. Since the passage of Senate Bill 1870, 45 legislative measures have modified California's special education statutes, six of which were chaptered during 1986. Brief summaries are provided for the 1986 measures; annual lists of earlier measures contain bill numbers and effective dates. (VW)