(a) Every individual with exceptional needs who is eligible to receive special education instruction and related services under this part, shall receive that instruction and those services at no cost to his or her parents or, as appropriate, to him or her. A free appropriate public education shall be available to individuals with exceptional needs in accordance with Section 1412(a)(1) of Title 20 of the United States Code and Section 300.101 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

(b) An individual, aged 18 through 21 years, who, in the educational placement prior to his or her incarceration in an adult correctional facility was not identified as being an individual with exceptional needs or did not have an individualized education program under this part, is not entitled to a free appropriate public education pursuant to Section 1412(a)(1)(B)(ii) of Title 20 of the United States Code.

Terms Used In California Education Code 56040

  • related services: means transportation, and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services (including speech-language pathology and audiology services, interpreting services, psychological services, physical and occupational therapy, recreation, including therapeutic recreation, social work services, school nurse services designed to enable an individual with exceptional needs to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the individualized education program of the child, counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling, orientation, and mobility services, and medical services, except that such medical services shall be for diagnostic and evaluation purposes only) as may be required to assist an individual with exceptional needs to benefit from special education, and includes the early identification and assessment of disabling conditions in children. See California Education Code 56363

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 56, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2008.)

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