{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-56366.9","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 56366.9","heading":"","body":"A licensed children’s institution at which individuals with exceptional needs reside shall not require as a condition of residential placement that it provide the appropriate educational programs to those individuals through a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency owned, operated by, or associated with, a licensed children’s institution. Those services may only be provided if the special education local plan area determines that appropriate public alternative educational programs are not available. A licensed children’s institution shall not refer a pupil to, or place a pupil in, a nonpublic, nonsectarian school.","path":["Education Code - EDC","TITLE 2. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION [33000. - 65001.]","DIVISION 4. INSTRUCTION AND SERVICES [46000. - 65001.]","PART 30. SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS [56000. - 56865.]","CHAPTER 4. Identification and Referral, Assessment, Instructional Planning, Implementation,and Review [56300. - 56385.]","ARTICLE 4. Implementation [56360. - 56369.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"388202fd6e11ea7241208eedc289251556f1ec95daaa1450d9db0ff986bcb257","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-56366.8","next":"us-ca/edc-56366.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}