California Code of Regulations
Title 5 - Education
Division 1 - California Department of Education
Chapter 3 - Individuals with Exceptional Needs
Subchapter 1 - Special Education
Article 5 - Implementation (Program Components)
Section 3053 - Special Classes
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Placement in a special day class shall not limit or restrict the consideration of other options, including services provided in a vocational education program or any combination of programs and placements as may be required to provide the services specified in a pupil's IEP.
(b) The following standards for special classes shall be met:
(c) The special class shall be taught by a full-time-equivalent teacher whose responsibility is the instruction, supervision, and coordination of the educational program for those individuals enrolled in the special class.
The special class shall be taught by a teacher who holds an appropriate special education credential authorized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and who possesses the necessary competencies to teach individuals assigned to the class. Special class teachers with a Special Education Credential employed as of September 1, 1975, as teachers in special classes for pupils in severe language disorder aphasia programs and who possess the necessary competencies to teach individuals assigned to the class, shall be authorized to continue to teach.
1. Amendment filed 3-21-88; operative 4-20-88 (Register 88, No. 15).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a) and (b)(1)-(3) and amending NOTE filed 9-27-2012 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2012, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Section 56100, Education Code. Reference: Sections 56001 and 56364.2, Education Code; and 34 C.F.R. Section 300.114.