ARTICLE 6. Program Specialists and Administration of Regionalized Operations and Services [56836.23. - 56836.31.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 6.
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Cal. Education Code - EDC § 56836.23. Section 56836.23.

Funds for regionalized operations and services and the direct instructional support of program specialists shall be apportioned to the special education local plan areas. As a condition of receiving these funds, the special education local plan area shall ensure that all functions listed below are performed in accordance with the description set forth in its local plan adopted pursuant to Section 56205: (a) Coordination of the special education local plan area and the implementation of the local plan. (b) Coordinated system of identification and assessment. (c) Coordinated system of procedural safeguards. (d) Coordinated system of staff development and parent and guardian education. (e) Coordinated system of curriculum development and alignment with the core curriculum. (f) Coordinated system of internal program review, evaluation of the effectiveness of the local plan, and implementation of a local plan accountability mechanism. (g) Coordinated system of data collection and management. (h) Coordination of interagency agreements. (i) Coordination of services to medical facilities. (j) Coordination of services to licensed children’s institutions and foster family homes. (k) Preparation and transmission of required special education local plan area reports. ( l ) Fiscal and logistical support of the community advisory committee. (m) Coordination of transportation services for individuals with exceptional needs. (n) Coordination of career and vocational education and transition services. (o) Assurance of full educational opportunity. (p) Fiscal administration and the allocation of state and federal funds pursuant to Section 56836.01. (q) Direct instructional program support that may be provided by program specialists in accordance with Section 56368.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 56836.24. Section 56836.24.

(a) Commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall make the following computations to determine the amount of funding for the purposes specified in Section 56836.23 for apportionment to each special education local plan area for the fiscal year in which the computation is made: (1) For the 2018–19 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following computations: (A) Compute the statewide average for program specialists and regionalized services, excluding the amount computed for the special education local plan area identified as the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court and Community School/Division of Alternative Education Special Education Local Plan Area, for the 2012–13 fiscal year. (B) Multiply the computed amount in subparagraph (A) by one plus the inflation factor for the 2013–14 to 2017–18 fiscal years, inclusive, computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02. (C) Multiply the amount computed in subparagraph (B) by one plus the inflation factor for the 2018–19 fiscal year computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02. (D) Multiply the amount computed in subparagraph (C) by the number of units of average daily attendance upon which funding is based pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 56836.10 for the special education local plan area. (2) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following computations: (A) Multiply the 2018–19 fiscal year statewide average amount by one plus the inflation factor for the 2019–20 fiscal year computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02. (B) Multiply the amount computed in subparagraph (A) by the number of units of average daily attendance upon which funding is based pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 56836.08 for the special education local plan area. (3) For the 2020–21 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following computations: (A) Multiply the 2019–20 fiscal year statewide average amount by one plus the inflation factor for the 2020–21 fiscal year computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02. (B) Multiply the amount computed in subparagraph (A) by the number of units of average daily attendance upon which funding is based pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 56836.08 for the special education local plan area for the 2019–20 fiscal year. (4) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall make the following computations: (A) Multiply the 2020–21 fiscal year statewide average amount by one plus the inflation factor for the 2021–22 fiscal year computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02, and include the inflation factor of 2.31 percent instead of zero as described in Section 56836.142 for the 2020–21 fiscal year. (B) Multiply the amount computed in subparagraph (A) by the number of units of average daily attendance upon which funding is based pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 56836.08 for the special education local plan area for the 2019–20 fiscal year. (5) For the 2022–23 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall make the following computations: (A) Multiply the prior year fiscal year statewide average amount by one plus the inflation factor for the current fiscal year computed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02. (B) Multiply the amount computed in subparagraph (A) by the number of units of average daily attendance upon which funding is based pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 56836.08 for the special education local plan area for the 2019–20 fiscal year. (b) For purposes of this section, a special education local plan area that only includes charter schools shall be apportioned by the Superintendent for each unit of average daily attendance reported pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56836.06 for the 2019–20 fiscal year.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 56836.29. Section 56836.29.

If special education local plan areas reorganize, including by merger or division, the department shall adjust rates for payments to and from the resulting special education local plan areas so that overall funding neither increases nor decreases from what it would have been before the reorganization.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 56836.31. Section 56836.31.

(a) To accomplish the activities set forth in Section 56836.23, supplemental funds shall be apportioned to special education local plan areas that are designated as necessary small special education local plan areas in accordance with Section 56212 and that report fewer than 15,000 units of average daily attendance. (b) For the 2013–14 fiscal year to the 2017–18 fiscal year, inclusive, the Superintendent shall allocate the supplemental amount described in subdivision (a) based on the following computations: (1) Calculate the difference between the number of units of average daily attendance reported for the necessary small special education local plan area for the current fiscal year and 15,000 units of average daily attendance. (2) Multiply the difference calculated in paragraph (1) by the rate calculated in subdivision (c). (c) For the 2013–14 fiscal year, the supplemental rate per unit of average daily attendance shall be fifteen dollars ($15). For the 2014–15 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the supplemental rate per unit of average daily attendance shall be fifteen dollars ($15) multiplied by one plus the inflation factor computed pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1 for the current fiscal year. (d) For the 2018–19 and 2019–20 fiscal years, the Superintendent shall allocate the supplemental amount described in subdivision (a) based on the following computations: (1) Calculate the difference between the number of units of average daily attendance determined pursuant to Section 56836.24 for the necessary small special education local plan area and 15,000 units of average daily attendance. (2) For the 2018–19 fiscal year, the supplemental rate per unit of average daily attendance shall be the rate computed pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 56836.24. For the 2019–20 fiscal year, the supplemental rate per unit of average daily attendance shall be the rate computed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 56836.24. (3) Multiply the difference calculated in paragraph (1) by the rate calculated in paragraph (2). (e) For the 2020–21 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall allocate the supplemental amount described in subdivision (a) by taking the difference calculated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) for the 2019–20 fiscal year and multiplying it by the supplemental rate per unit of average daily attendance computed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 56836.24. (f) For the 2021–22 fiscal year, the Superintendent shall allocate the supplemental amount described in subdivision (a) by taking the difference calculated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) for the 2019–20 fiscal year and multiplying it by the supplemental rate per unit of average daily attendance computed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 56836.24. (g) For the 2022–23 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Superintendent shall allocate the supplemental amount described in subdivision (a) by taking the difference calculated pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) for the 2019–20 fiscal year and multiplying it by the supplemental rate per unit of average daily attendance computed pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 56836.24.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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