Board Policy

BP 4112.23

Certificated Personnel

Special Education Staff

Resource Specialists

The Board of Education shall employ certificated resource specialists to provide services, where required by law, for students who have exceptional needs, their parents/guardians, and school staff.

The resource specialist program shall be directed by a resource specialist fully qualified in accordance with law.

(cf. 0430 - Comprehensive Local Plan for Special Education)

(cf. 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures)

(cf. 3541.2 - Transportation for Students with Disabilities)

(cf. 5144.2 - Suspension and Expulsion/Due Process (Students with Disabilities)

(cf. 6146.4 - Differential Graduation and Competency Standards for Students with Disabilities)

(cf. 6159 - Individualized Education Program (IEP))

(cf. 6159.1 - Procedural Safeguards and Complaints for Special Education)

(cf. 6159.2 - Nonpublic Nonsectarian School and Agency Services for Special Education)

(cf. 6159.3 - Appointment of Surrogate Parent for Special Education)

(cf. 6164.4 - Identification of Individuals for Special Education)

Legal Reference:

EDUCATION CODE

56195.8 Adoption of policies

56361 Program options

56362 Resource specialist program, contents, direction; resource specialists, case-loads, assignments, instructional aide; pupil enrollment

56362.1 Caseload

56362.5 Resource specialist certificate of competence

56362.7 Bilingual-crosscultural certificate of assessment competence

56363.3 Average caseload limits

56441.7 Maximum caseload (programs for individuals with exceptional needs between the ages of three and five inclusive)

56728.6 Instructional personnel funding

56728.8 Instructional personnel funding; services to infants

CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5

3051.1 Language, speech and hearing development and remediation; appropriate credential

Policy PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

adopted: February 8, 2001 Palos Verdes Estates, California