(a) A local educational agency may not use more than 15 percent of the amount the agency receives under Part B of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.) for any fiscal year, less any amount reduced by the local educational agency pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 1413 of Title 20 of the United States Code, if any, in combination with other amounts, which may include amounts other than education funds, to develop and implement, coordinated, early intervening services, which may include interagency financing structures, for pupils in kindergarten and in grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with a particular emphasis on pupils in kindergarten and in grades 1 to 3, inclusive, who have not been identified as needing special education or related services but who need additional academic and behavioral support to succeed in a general education environment.

(b) The implementation of the coordinated, early intervening services under this section, including activities, reporting, and coordination with the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.), shall be carried out by a local educational agency as specified in subsection (f) of Section 1413 of Title 20 of the United States Code.

Terms Used In California Education Code 56842

  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • 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

(c) This section does not limit or create a right to a free appropriate public education under this part.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 653, Sec. 53. Effective October 7, 2005.)

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