Article 6. Program Specialists And Administration Of Regionalized Operations And Services of California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 30. >> Chapter 7.2. >> Article 6.
Each special education local plan area shall dedicate a
portion of the funds it receives pursuant to Section 56836.10 for
regionalized operations and services and the direct instructional
support of program specialists. As a condition of receiving those
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.
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.
(a) For 2013-14 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the
Superintendent shall allocate this supplemental amount 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 amount calculated in paragraph (1) by the rate
calculated in subdivision (b).
(b) 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.