SECTIONS 59120-59131 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 59120-59131

59120. Every blind person resident of this state, of suitable age
and capacity, is entitled to an education in the California School
for the Blind free of charge.

59123. All pupils in the school shall be maintained at the expense
of the state, except as provided in Sections 59121, 59124 to 59128,
inclusive, and 59131.

59124. The governing board of each school district of residence
shall, from the general fund of the school district, pay for the
transportation cost of each pupil of the district in attendance at
the California School for the Blind as a day-class pupil.
For determining the school district responsible under the
provisions of this section for making the payment when the pupils
reside in other than a unified school district, pupils 15 years of
age or older as of September 1 of each fiscal year shall be
considered residents of the high school district, and pupils 14 years
of age or under as of September 1 shall be considered residents of
the elementary district.

59124.5. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall allow to
the California School for the Blind, an amount not to exceed three
hundred eighty-nine dollars ($389) per fiscal year per unit of
average daily attendance of each blind pupil attending the school as
a five-day residential pupil for the purpose of providing
transportation to and from the pupil's home on weekends and school
holiday periods. In no case shall the total apportionment made to the
school exceed the actual total transportation expenditures of the
school.
The administrators of such schools shall arrange for
transportation of such pupils utilizing the most practical means
including, but not limited to, commercial bus, rail, or air, charter
bus or private passenger vehicle.

59125. If the parent or guardian of any pupil in the school is
unable either himself or from the estate of the child to clothe the
child, or pay for its transportation to and from school, or for
necessary dental work, eye care, operations, and hopitalization of
the child while at the school, or is unable either himself or from
the estate of the child to reimburse the Department of Education for
expenses incurred by it in providing dental work, eye care,
operations, or hospitalization for the child in an emergency, the
parent or guardian may apply for a certificate to that effect to the
superior court of the county of which the parent or guardian of the
child is resident. If the court is satisfied that the parent or
guardian either himself or from the estate of the child is unable to
pay for any such service, it shall issue a certificate to that
effect. The application for the certificate may also be made to the
court by the superintendent of the school.

59126. The certificate shall be presented to the superintendent of
the school and the superintendent when the certificate shows the
parent or guardian of the child is unable either himself or from the
estate of the child to clothe the child, or pay for his
transportation to and from school, or for necessary dental work, eye
care, operations, and hospitalization of the child while in school,
shall clothe the child and provide the transportation, dental work,
eye care, operations, and hospitalization. The expense of the
services, or any of them, shall be advanced by the Department of
Education out of money appropriated for the support of the school.

59127. All money expended under the authority of any such
certificate for clothing and transportation, necessary dental work,
eye care, operations and hospitalization, and all money expended by
the Department of Education for expenses incurred by it in providing
dental work, eye care, operations, or hospitalization for the child
in an emergency for which the Department of Education cannot be
reimbursed by the parent or guardian of the child as shown by the
certificate, constitutes a legal charge against the county from which
the certificate is issued. Expenditures for clothing and
transportation shall not exceed the sum of three hundred eighty-five
dollars ($385) for the 1974-75 school year, and an amount thereafter
which shall be adjusted annually in conformance with the Consumer
Price Index, all items, of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
United States Department of Labor, measured for the calendar year
next preceding the fiscal year to which is applies. The State
Controller shall determine the amount authorized pursuant to this
section for the 1975-76 school year and thereafter.

59128. Upon presentation to the county in which the certificate is
issued, of an itemized claim, duly sworn to by the superintendent of
the school before an officer authorized to administer oaths, for the
expense for clothing, transportation, and other items provided and
furnished under the authority of the certificate, or for the
reimbursement of the Department of Education, the claim shall be
processed and paid pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 29700) of Division 3 of Title 3 of the
Government Code. The amount paid and all reimbursements of the
Department of Education under this section shall be credited to the
current appropriation for the support and maintenance of the school.

59129. If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the
parent or guardian has sufficient pecuniary ability or that there are
sufficient funds in the estate of the child to provide the service
for the child or to reimburse the Department of Education for
expenses incurred by it on providing the service for the child in an
emergency, the court shall not issue the certification, but shall
according to the nature of the application before it, either order
the superintendent to provide the child with the service, or order
the parent or guardian either himself or from the estate of the
child, as the court determines, to reimburse the Department of
Education for expenses incurred by it in providing the service for
the child in an emergency.

59130. If the Department of Education is not reimbursed by the
parent or guardian personally or from the estate of the child for
expenditures made by the superintendent under the order of the court
or if the parent or guardian does not comply with an order of the
court to reimburse the Department of Education either personally or
from the estate of the child for expenses incurred by it in providing
the service for the child in an emergency the superintendent may sue
the parent or guardian, in the name of the state, to recover any
money paid out by order of the court or due the Department of
Education as reimbursement under an order of the court.

59131. Blind persons not residents of this state may be admitted to
the benefits of the school upon paying to the Department of
Education the sum of the school year cost for the maintenance, care,
and instruction of persons at the school, payable quarterly in
advance. The cost of the care, maintenance, and instruction shall be
determined by the Department of Education with the approval of the
Department of Finance.