SECTIONS 56452-56456 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 56452-56456

56452. The superintendent shall ensure that the state annually
secures all federal funds available for career and vocational
education of individuals with exceptional needs.

56453. The superintendent and the Department of Rehabilitation
shall enter into an interagency agreement to ensure that the state
annually secures all federal funds available under the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, as amended, and that coordination in applying for,
distributing, and using funds available under the Vocational
Education Act, as amended, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended, and the Education For All Handicapped Children Act of 1975,
(P.L. 94-142), as amended, including, but not limited to, application
for, and use thereof, be provided.

56454. In order to provide local educational agencies with maximum
flexibility to secure and utilize all federal funds available to
enable those entities to meet the career and vocational needs of
individuals with exceptional needs more effectively and efficiently,
and to provide maximum federal funding to those agencies for the
provision of that education, the Superintendent shall do all of the
following:
(a) Provide necessary technical assistance to local educational
agencies.
(b) Establish procedures for these entities to obtain available
federal funds.
(c) Apply for necessary waivers of federal statutes and
regulations including, but not limited to, those governing federal
career and vocational education programs.

56456. It is the intent of the Legislature that local educational
agencies may use any state or local special education funds for
approved vocational programs, services, and activities to satisfy the
excess cost-matching requirements for receipt of federal vocational
education funds for individuals with exceptional needs.