2021 California Code
Education Code - EDC
TITLE 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
DIVISION 4 - INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES
PART 32 - STATE SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND CENTERS
CHAPTER 1 - California Schools for the Deaf
ARTICLE 2 - Pupils
Section 59020.

Universal Citation:
CA Educ Code § 59020 (2021)
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59020.  

Every deaf person between the ages of 3 and 21 years, who is a resident of the state and who meets the criteria set forth in this section, is entitled to an education in the California School for the Deaf free of charge.

Priority in admission to the California School for the Deaf shall be given to elementary age deaf minors residing in sparsely populated regions and to secondary age deaf minors in need of a high school program, for whom appropriate comprehensive educational facilities and services are not available or cannot be reasonably provided by their local school districts or county educational agencies.

The criteria of admission to California Schools for the Deaf and Blind shall be administratively determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

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