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In addition to the provisions required to be included in the local plan pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 56205), each special education local plan area that submits a local plan pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56195.1 and each county office that submits a local plan pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 56195.1 shall develop written agreements to be entered into by entities participating in the plan. The agreements need not be submitted to the superintendent. These agreements shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
  (a) A coordinated identification, referral, and placement system pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 56300).
  (b) Procedural safeguards pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56500).
  (c) Regionalized services to local programs, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
  (1) Program specialist service pursuant to Section 56368.
  (2) Personnel development, including training for staff, parents, and members of the community advisory committee pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 56240).
  (3) Evaluation pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 56600).
  (4) Data collection and development of management information systems.
  (5) Curriculum development.
  (6) Provision for ongoing review of programs conducted, and procedures utilized, under the local plan, and a mechanism for correcting any identified problem.
  (d) A description of the process for coordinating services with other local public agencies that are funded to serve individuals with exceptional needs.
  (e) A description of the process for coordinating and providing services to individuals with exceptional needs placed in public hospitals, proprietary hospitals, and other residential medical facilities pursuant to Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 56167) of Chapter 2.
  (f) A description of the process for coordinating and providing services to individuals with exceptional needs placed in licensed children's institutions and foster family homes pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 56155) of Chapter 2.
  (g) A description of the process for coordinating and providing services to individuals with exceptional needs placed in juvenile court schools or county community schools pursuant to Section 56150.
  (h) A budget for special education and related services that shall be maintained by the special education local plan area and be open to the public covering the entities providing programs or services within the special education local plan area. The budget language shall be presented in a form that is understandable by the general public. For each local educational agency or other entity providing a program or service, the budget, at minimum, shall display the following:
  (1) Expenditures by object code and classification for the previous fiscal year and the budget by the same object code classification for the current fiscal year.
  (2) The number and type of certificated instructional and support personnel, including the type of class setting to which they are assigned, if appropriate.
  (3) The number of instructional aides and other qualified classified personnel.
  (4) The number of enrolled individuals with exceptional needs receiving each type of service provided.
  (i) For multidistrict special education local plan areas, a description of the policymaking process that shall include a description of the local method used to distribute state and federal funds among the local educational agencies in the special education local plan area. The local method to distribute funds shall be approved according to the policymaking process established consistent with subdivision (f) of Section 56001 and pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 56205.
  (j) (1) In accordance with Section 1413 of Title 20 of the United States Code, each single-district special education local plan area established pursuant to Section 56195.1 shall have a written procedure for the ongoing review of programs conducted, and procedures utilized pursuant to Section 56205, under the local plan as defined pursuant to Section 56027 and administered pursuant to Section 56195, and a mechanism for correcting any identified problem pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (c).
  (2) Multidistrict special education local plan areas established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 56195.1 and a district or districts joined with the county office in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 56195.1 shall have a written agreement entered into by entities participating in the local plan that includes a provision for ongoing review of programs conducted, and procedures utilized, under the local plan, and a mechanism for correcting any identified problem pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (c).
  (3) The written procedure referenced in paragraph (1) and the written agreement referenced in paragraph (2) need not be submitted to the superintendent but shall be available upon request by the department.

(a) Each entity providing special education under this part shall adopt policies for the programs and services it operates, consistent with agreements adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 56195.1 or Section 56195.7. The policies need not be submitted to the superintendent.
  (b) The policies shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
  (1) Nonpublic, nonsectarian services, including those provided pursuant to Sections 56365 and 56366.
  (2) Review, at a general education or special education teacher's request, of the assignment of an individual with exceptional needs to his or her class and a mandatory meeting of the individualized education program team if the review indicates a change in the pupil' s placement, instruction, related services, or any combination thereof. The procedures shall indicate which personnel are responsible for the reviews and a timetable for completion of the review.
  (3) Procedural safeguards pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 56500).
  (4) Resource specialists pursuant to Section 56362.
  (5) Transportation, where appropriate, which describes how special education transportation is coordinated with regular home-to-school transportation. The policy shall set forth criteria for meeting the transportation needs of special education pupils. The policy shall include procedures to ensure compatibility between mobile seating devices, when used, and the securement systems required by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 222 (49 C.F.R. 571.222) and to ensure that schoolbus drivers are trained in the proper installation of mobile seating devices in the securement systems.
  (6) Information on the number of individuals with exceptional needs who are being provided special education and related services.
  (7) Caseloads pursuant to Chapter 4.45 (commencing with Section 56440) of Part 30. The policies, with respect to caseloads, shall not be developed until guidelines or proposed regulations are issued pursuant to Section 56441.7. The guidelines or proposed regulations shall be considered when developing the caseload policy. A statement of justification shall be attached if the local caseload policy exceeds state guidelines or proposed regulations.
  (c) The policies may include, but are not limited to, provisions for involvement of district and county governing board members in any due process hearing procedure activities conducted pursuant to, and consistent with, state and federal law.

The plan for special education shall be developed and updated cooperatively by a committee of representatives of special and regular teachers and administrators selected by the groups they represent and with participation by parent members of the community advisory committee, or parents selected by the community advisory committee, to ensure adequate and effective participation and communication.

Unless the process described in subdivision (i) of Section 56195.7 specifies an alternative method of distribution of state and local funds among the participating local educational agencies, the funds shall be distributed by the special education local plan area as allocated instructional personnel service units and operated as computed in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 56700) as that chapter existed on December 31, 1998, or Chapter 7.1 (commencing with Section 56835).