Local Plan
The Local Plan contains the elements required to be submitted to the California Department of Education.
The Policies and Procedures are specific JPA Board approved policies (“BP”) aligned with California Education Code and related procedures or Administrative Regulations (“AR”) that detail how we provide Special Education Services here in Santa Barbara County.
Current Policy and Procedures
Santa Barbara County SELPA is currently conducting a comprehensive policy and procedure review and update process. As policies are approved, they will be reflected below in alphabetical order. At the conclusion of the review process, the policies will be categorized and numbered in alignment with California School Board Association (CSBA) policy numbering system.
BP=Board Policy
AR=Administrative Regulation (also known as “procedure”)
Special Education and Instruction
Identification and Referral
6103 Appointment of Surrogate Parents
6105 Process of Ensuring Utilization of Resources of Regular Program
6109 Referrals to Outside Agencies
6110 Referrals to California Children Services for OT/PT Services
6111 Assessment, Identification, and Placement of Emotionally Disturbed Students
6112 Referrals To and Exit From Regional Special Class Programs
6113 Referrals to Programs for Students with Low Incidence/Severe Disabilities
6114 Referrals for Regionally Provided Occupational Therapy Services and Assessment
6115 Overidentification and Disproportionality
Assessment
6201 Entities Responsible for Assessment
6202 Responsibility for Assessment of Pupils Referred for Special Education
6204 Content of the Assessment Reports
6206 Procedures for Conducting Three-Year Reassessments
6207 Participation of Individuals with Disabilities in State and District-wide Assessments
Instructional Planning and Individualized Education Program
6301 Provision of Individualized Education Program Teams
6302 Responsibility of Individualized Education Program Teams
6304 Recommendation for State Residential School Placement
6306 Responsibility for Nonpublic Schools/State Residential School IEPs
6309 Individualized Education Program Review Required Meetings
6310 Distribution of Individualized Education Program Contents
6311 Review of Pupil Assignment
6312 Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
6313 Prohibition on Mandatory Medication
0000 Philosophy, Goals, Objectives
1000 Community Relations
2000 Adminstration
3000 Business and Non-Instructional Operations
Income
3101 Process for Distribution of State and Federal Funds
3102 Santa Barbara County Pro Rata Multiplier
3103 Nonpublic School Student ADA
Budget Planning Process
3202 Procedures for Making Changes in Budgeting
3203 Review of Annual Budget Plan for Subsequent Year
3204 AB 602 Special Education Fiscal Allocation Plan
Appendix A: Santa Barbara County SELPA Funding Plan Annual Event Schedule
Appendix B: Regional Class Program Operational Guidelines
Appendix C: Fiscal Allocation Plan Calculation Detail for Extended School Year
Appendix E: Definition of Sparsely Populated Districts
3208 Closure of Regional Programs or Program and Services Transfers
3210 Use of and Approval for Nonpublic Agency Services for Regional Programs
3213 Chargebacks for LCI Nonpublic School Costs
3214 Payment for Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE)
3215 Provision of Special Education Services to Parentally Enrolled Private School Students
3217 Responsibility for Funding Calculations
3218 Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirement
Fiscal Reporting
3302 Fiscal Reports to the Joint Powers Agency Board
Data Reporting and Contractual Agreements
3402 Collection of SELPA-wide Data
3403 Suspension and Explusion Rates
Special Transportation
3601 Provision of Special Transportation
3602 Responsibility for Transportation
3604 Responsibility for Reporting Transportation Costs
3605 Transportation Chargebacks
Facilities
3701 Facilities Plan for Housing Regional Special Education Programs
3702 Medical Therapy Units and Satellite Facilities
Legal or Attorney Services
3802 Responsibility for Solicitation of Provision of Legal-Attorney Services
5000 Students
6000 Instruction
7000 Facilities
9000 Bylaws
The documents above are approved and in effect; BP/AR coding is forthcoming