Article 5. Handicapped Adults of California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 28. >> Chapter 10. >> Article 5.

The governing board of any school district maintaining secondary schools or the county superintendent of schools, shall have the power, with the approval of the Department of Education, to establish special classes for adults designed to serve the educational needs of adults with disabilities. These classes shall be directed to providing instruction in civic, vocational, literary, homemaking, technical, and general education and shall conform to standards of attendance, curriculum, and administration established by the department. Attendance of adults with disabilities in such classes established by the county superintendent of schools shall be included for purposes of apportionments to the county school service fund.

Special classes for adults with disabilities may be conducted under the direction of the governing board of the school district in workshop and training facilities provided by nonprofit organizations, or in public school facilities. These facilities may include those where part-time paid work education and training is conducted and where less than the state minimum wage is paid.

The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools authorized by this article to establish special classes for adults designed to serve the educational needs of adults with disabilities may contract for the providing of those classes by any adjacent high school district or unified school district, subject to the approval of the Superintendent. For purposes of apportionments, the average daily attendance in classes conducted pursuant to the contract shall accrue to and be reported by the district in which the student resides. Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall be for a term of not to exceed one year but may be renewed or revised and renewed annually.