SECTIONS 7560-7564 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 7560-7564

7560. It is the intent of the Legislature to assure receipt of
federal funding by the State of California. It is also the intent of
the Legislature to assure that if lack of interagency agreement or
lack of coordination between state agencies jeopardizes state receipt
of federal funds, including, but not limited to, funds available for
services to handicapped children, an expeditious process shall exist
for resolving such interagency matters.

7561. It is further the intent of the Legislature that there shall
be a single line of responsibility with regard to the education of
all handicapped children as required by Public Law 94-142. The
Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be responsible for
supervising education and related services for handicapped children
specifically required pursuant to the federal requirements under the
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, Public Law
94-142. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve another
state agency from an otherwise valid obligation to provide or pay
for services to a handicapped child. Furthermore, nothing in this
chapter shall be interpreted so as to allow the Superintendent of
Public Instruction to prescribe health care services.

7562. If any state agency applies for federal funds to meet a
mandatory responsibility under federal or state law and such
application is not approved, the state agency shall submit to the
Department of Finance, the Office of Planning and Research and the
Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 15 calendar days of its
receipt of notification of the lack of approval of its application
all of the following:
(a) An identification of the federal program for which the
application was not approved and the federal administering agency.
(b) An estimate of the amount of funds affected by the lack of
approval of the state agency application.
(c) An indication of the reason or reasons the application was not
approved.
(d) A description of any issues pertaining to responsibilities or
actions of other state or local agencies which have affected the lack
of approval.

7563. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee shall submit to each
member of the appropriate legislative policy committees and to each
member of the legislative fiscal committees, within 10 calendar days
of receipt of notification of a lack of approval of an application
for federal funds reported to it pursuant to Section 7542, a summary
of the information specified in subdivisions (a) through (d) of
Section 7542.

7564. Any state agency which has not received federal agency
approval of an application for funds as described in Section 7542
shall submit to the Department of Finance, the Office of Planning and
Research and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 30
calendar days of receipt of notification of such lack of approval a
plan that includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(a) Fostering expeditious receipt of the affected federal funds.
(b) Resolving any disagreement or lack of coordination among state
agencies or among local agencies which has interfered with federal
agency approval of the application for federal funds.