Cal. Codes » Education Code / TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION / DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES / PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS / CHAPTER 4. Identification and Referral, Assessment, Instructional Planning, Implementation,and Review / ARTICLE 4. Implementation
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Cal. Education Code § 56361 (2026)

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The continuum of program options shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following or any combination of the following:

(a)Regular education programs consistent with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) of subsection (a) of Section 1412 of Title 20 of the United States Code and implementing regulations.

(b)A resource specialist program pursuant to Section 56362.

(c)Designated instruction and services pursuant to Section 56363.

(d)Special classes pursuant to Section 56364.2.

(e)Nonpublic, nonsectarian school services pursuant to Section 56365.

(f)State special schools pursuant to Section 56367.

(g)Instruction in settings other than classrooms where specially designed instruction may occur.

(h)Itinerant instruction in classrooms, resource rooms, and settings other than classrooms where specially designed instruction may occur to the extent required by federal law or regulation.

(i)Instruction using telecommunication, and instruction in the home, in hospitals, and in other institutions to the extent required by federal law or regulation.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2016–2016 · leading case: Smith v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist., 830 F.3d 843 (9th Cir. 2016).
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Smith v. Los Angeles Unified Sch. Dist., 830 F.3d 843 (9th Cir. 2016). · cites it 5× “7: Change “Cal Ed. Code § 56361” to “Cal. Educ. Code § 56361” and change “ ‘State special schools’ — also known as special education centers” to “ ‘State special schools,’ see Cal.”
Chanda Smith v. Lausd, No. 14-55224 (9th Cir. July 27, 2016). · cites it 6× “7: Change “Cal Ed. Code § 56361” to “Cal. Educ. Code § 56361” and change “‘State special schools’— also known as special education centers” to “‘State special schools,’ see Cal.”
Chanda Smith v. Lausd, No. 14-55224 (9th Cir. May 20, 2016). “” See Cal. Ed. Code § 56361 . This continuum “include[s], but [is] not .”
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