Section 56026 Of Article 2. Definitions From California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 30. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 2.
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. "Individuals with exceptional needs" means those persons who
satisfy all the following:
(a) Identified by an individualized education program team as a
child with a disability, as that phrase is defined in Section 1401(3)
(A) of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(b) Their impairment, as described by subdivision (a), requires
instruction and services which cannot be provided with modification
of the regular school program in order to ensure that the individual
is provided a free appropriate public education pursuant to Section
1401(9) of Title 20 of the United States Code.
(c) Come within one of the following age categories:
(1) Younger than three years of age and identified by the local
educational agency as requiring intensive special education and
services, as defined by the board.
(2) Between the ages of three to five years, inclusive, and
identified by the local educational agency pursuant to Section
56441.11.
(3) Between the ages of five and 18 years, inclusive.
(4) Between the ages of 19 and 21 years, inclusive; enrolled in or
eligible for a program under this part or other special education
program prior to his or her 19th birthday; and has not yet completed
his or her prescribed course of study or who has not met proficiency
standards or has not graduated from high school with a regular high
school diploma.
(A) Any person who becomes 22 years of age during the months of
January to June, inclusive, while participating in a program under
this part may continue his or her participation in the program for
the remainder of the current fiscal year, including any extended
school year program for individuals with exceptional needs
established pursuant to Section 3043 of Title 5 of the California
Code of Regulations and Section 300.106 of Title 34 of the Code of
Federal Regulations.
(B) Any person otherwise eligible to participate in a program
under this part shall not be allowed to begin a new fiscal year in a
program if he or she becomes 22 years of age in July, August, or
September of that new fiscal year. However, if a person is in a
year-round school program and is completing his or her individualized
education program in a term that extends into the new fiscal year,
then the person may complete that term.
(C) Any person who becomes 22 years of age during the months of
October, November, or December while participating in a program under
this act shall be terminated from the program on December 31 of the
current fiscal year, unless the person would otherwise complete his
or her individualized education program at the end of the current
fiscal year.
(D) No local educational agency may develop an individualized
education program that extends these eligibility dates, and in no
event may a pupil be required or allowed to attend school under the
provisions of this part beyond these eligibility dates solely on the
basis that the individual has not met his or her goals or objectives.
(d) Meet eligibility criteria set forth in regulations adopted by
the board, including, but not limited to, those adopted pursuant to
Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 56333) of Chapter 4.
(e) Unless disabled within the meaning of subdivisions (a) to (d),
inclusive, pupils whose educational needs are due primarily to
limited English proficiency; a lack of instruction in reading or
mathematics; temporary physical disabilities; social maladjustment;
or environmental, cultural, or economic factors are not individuals
with exceptional needs.