Ed. Code, § 56361 · Article 4. Implementation
Ed. Code, § 56361
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
The continuum of program options shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following or any combination of the following:
(a) Regular education programs consistent with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code and implementing regulations.
(b) A resource specialist program pursuant to Section 56362.
(c) Designated instruction and services pursuant to Section 56363.
(d) Special classes pursuant to Section 56364.2.
(e) Nonpublic, nonsectarian school services pursuant to Section 56365.
(f) State special schools pursuant to Section 56367.
(g) Instruction in settings other than classrooms where specially designed instruction may occur.
(h) Itinerant instruction in classrooms, resource rooms, and settings other than classrooms where specially designed instruction may occur to the extent required by federal law or regulation.
(i) Instruction using telecommunication, and instruction in the home, in hospitals, and in other institutions to the extent required by federal law or regulation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 896, Sec. 59. Effective September 29, 2004.
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