{"data":{"id":"us-ca/edc-56505.2","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"EDC § 56505.2","heading":"","body":"(a) A hearing officer may not render a decision that results in the placement of an individual with exceptional needs in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or that results in a service for an individual with exceptional needs provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian agency, if the school or agency has not been certified pursuant to Section 56366.1.\n(b) A hearing officer shall consider Sections 56365, 56366, and 56366.1 during a due process hearing concerning an issue of placement of an individual with exceptional needs in a nonpublic, nonsectarian school, or services for an individual with exceptional needs provided by a nonpublic, nonsectarian agency.","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 5. Procedural Safeguards [56500. - 56509.]"],"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":"9f44ce24f37f239230c00b9a8b0a22ec19d00ff345f30855c2cc5f1df9049af7","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/edc-56505.1","next":"us-ca/edc-56506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}