SECTIONS 56836.22 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 56836.22

56836.22. (a) Commencing with the 1985-86 fiscal year, and for each
fiscal year thereafter, funds to support specialized books,
materials, and equipment as required under the individualized
education program for each pupil with low incidence disabilities, as
defined in Section 56026.5, shall be determined by dividing the total
number of pupils with low incidence disabilities in the state, as
reported on December 1 of the prior fiscal year, into the annual
appropriation provided for this purpose in the Budget Act.
(b) The per-pupil entitlement determined pursuant to subdivision
(a) shall be multiplied by the number of pupils with low incidence
disabilities in each special education local plan area to determine
the total funds available for each local plan.
(c) The superintendent shall apportion the amount determined
pursuant to subdivision (b) to the special education local plan area
for purposes of purchasing and coordinating the use of specialized
books, materials, and equipment.
(d) As a condition of receiving these funds, the special education
local plan area shall ensure that the appropriate books, materials,
and equipment are purchased, that the use of the equipment is
coordinated as necessary, and that the books, materials, and
equipment are reassigned to local educational agencies within the
special education local plan area once the agency that originally
received the books, materials, and equipment no longer needs them.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that special education
local plan areas share unused specialized books, materials, and
equipment with neighboring special education local plan areas.