Amended in Assembly March 20, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1599

Introduced by begin delete Assembly Member Buchanan end delete begin insert Committee on Education (Assembly Members Buchanan (Chair), Olsen (Vice Chair), Chávez, Gonzalez, Nazarian, Weber, and Williams) end insert

February 5, 2014

An act to amend Section begin delete 51221 end delete begin insert 17047 end insert of the Education Code, relating to begin delete pupil instruction. end delete begin insert special education. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1599, as amended, begin delete Buchanan end delete   begin insert Committee on Education end insert . begin delete Pupil instruction: courses of study: grades 7 to 12. end delete begin insert Special education facilities: disability references. end insert

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Existing law sets forth a method for providing special education and related services to pupils with exceptional needs. Existing law requires the allowable new building area for the purpose of providing special day class and Resource Specialist Program facilities for special education pupils to be negotiated and approved by the State Allocation Board, as provided. Existing law prescribes the maximum square footage for those facilities by special day class basic need, including, among other basic needs, the maximum square footage for mildly mentally retarded and severely mentally retarded special education pupils.

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This bill would change references in these provisions from mildly mentally retarded and severely mentally retarded to mildly intellectually disabled and severely intellectually disabled, respectively.

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Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state, and authorizes local educational agencies to provide instruction at these schools throughout the state. Existing law provides for an adopted course of study for pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and specifies the areas of study in which courses are offered.

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This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in a provision related to social sciences, which is one of the required areas of study.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 17047 of the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert is amended
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17047.  

(a) The allowable new building area for the purpose
of providing special day class and Resource Specialist Program
facilities for special education pupils shall be negotiated and
approved by the begin delete State Allocation Board, end delete begin insert board, end insert with any necessary
assistance to be provided by the Special Education Division of the
State Department of Education. The square footage allowances
shall be computed within the maximum square footage set forth
in the following schedule:

 

Special Day Class Basic Need	Grade Levels	Load­ing*	Square Footage
Nonsevere Disability
--Specific Learning  Disability	begin insert   end insert All	12	1080
--Mildly begin delete Mentally end delete begin delete end delete begin delete   end delete begin delete Retarded end delete begin insert Intellectually end insert begin insert end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Disabled end insert	begin insert   end insert All	12	1080
--Severe Disorder  of Language	begin insert   end insert All	10	1080
Severe Disability
--Deaf and Hard of  Hearing	begin insert   end insert All	10	1080
--Visually Impaired	begin insert   end insert All	10	1330 (1080 + 250 storage)
--Orthopedically and  Other Health Im-
paired	begin insert   end insert All	12	2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy + 750 therapy per additional classroom)
--Autistic	begin insert   end insert All	6	1160 (1080 + 80 toilets)
--Severely Emotion-  ally Disturbed	begin insert   end insert All	6	1160 (1080 + 80 toilets)
--Severely begin delete Mentally end delete begin delete   end delete begin delete Retarded end delete begin insert Intellectually Disabled end insert	begin insert   end insert Elem.	12	1750 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills)
	begin insert   end insert Secon.		2150 (1080 + 400 toilets + 270 daily living skills + 400 vocational)
--Developmentally
Disabled	begin insert   end insert All	10	2000 (1080 + 400 toilets + 250 storage + 270 daily living skills + 3000 therapy** + 750 therapy per additional CR)
--Deaf-Blind/Multi	begin insert   end insert All	5	1400 (1080 + 200 storage + 150 toilets)

 

 

		Pupils	Square Feet
Resource Specialist Program for those pupils with disabling conditions whose needs have been identified by the Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team, who require special education for a portion of the day, and who are assigned to a regular classroom for a majority of the schoolday.***	All Maximum caseload for RS is 28, not all served at same time.	1-8	240
		9-28	480
		29-37	720
		38-56	960
		57-65	1200
		66-85	1440
		86-94	1680
		95-112	1920
* Special pupils may usually be grouped without accordance to type, especially in smaller districts or where attendance zones may indicate, to maximize loadings per classroom where there are children with similar educational needs (Sec. 56364 or 56364.2, as applicable).
** Therapy add-ons not to be provided if on same site as orthopedically impaired.
*** To a maximum of 4 percent of the unhoused average daily attendance of the district, per new school or addition, to a maximum of 1920 square feet.

 

(b) The allowable new building area shall be computed by
dividing the number of eligible pupils by the minimum required
loading per classroom for special day classes for the type of pupils
to be enrolled. No new or additional facility shall be provided for
special day classes unless the number of additional eligible pupils
equals one-third or more of the minimum required loading.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 51221 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

51221.  

The instruction required by subdivision (b) of Section
51220 in the area of study of social sciences shall also provide a
foundation for understanding the wise use of natural resources.

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