Section 7585 Of Chapter 26.5. Interagency Responsibilities For Providing Services To Children With Disabilities From California Government Code >> Division 7. >> Title 1. >> Chapter 26.5.
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. (a) Whenever a department or local agency designated by that
department fails to provide a related service or designated
instruction and service required pursuant to Section 7575, and
specified in the pupil's individualized education program, the
parent, adult pupil, if applicable, or a local educational agency
referred to in this chapter, shall submit a written notification of
the failure to provide the service to the Superintendent of Public
Instruction or the Secretary of California Health and Human Services.
(b) When either the Superintendent or the secretary receives a
written notification of the failure to provide a service as specified
in subdivision (a), a copy shall immediately be transmitted to the
other party. The Superintendent, or his or her designee, and the
secretary, or his or her designee, shall meet to resolve the issue
within 15 calendar days of receipt of the notification. A written
copy of the meeting resolution shall be mailed to the parent, the
local educational agency, and affected departments, within 10 days of
the meeting.
(c) If the issue cannot be resolved within 15 calendar days to the
satisfaction of the Superintendent and the secretary, they shall
jointly submit the issue in writing to the Director of the Office of
Administrative Hearings, or his or her designee, in the Department of
General Services.
(d) The Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings, or his
or her designee, shall review the issue and submit his or her
findings in the case to the Superintendent and the secretary within
30 calendar days of receipt of the case. The decision of the
director, or his or her designee, shall be binding on the departments
and their designated agencies who are parties to the dispute.
(e) If the meeting, conducted pursuant to subdivision (b), fails
to resolve the issue to the satisfaction of the parent or local
educational agency, either party may appeal to the director, whose
decision shall be the final administrative determination and binding
on all parties.
(f) Whenever notification is filed pursuant to subdivision (a),
the pupil affected by the dispute shall be provided with the
appropriate related service or designated instruction and service
pending resolution of the dispute, if the pupil had been receiving
the service. The Superintendent and the secretary shall ensure that
funds are available for the provision of the service pending
resolution of the issue pursuant to subdivision (e).
(g) This section does not prevent a parent or adult pupil from
filing for a due process hearing under Section 7586.
(h) The contract between the State Department of Education and the
Office of Administrative Hearings for conducting due process
hearings shall include payment for services rendered by the Office of
Administrative Hearings which are required by this section.