52064.3. (a) (1) On or before January 31, 2025, the state board shall adopt an IDEA Addendum relating to improvements in services for individuals with exceptional needs.
(2) The department shall develop a process to design the template for the IDEA Addendum that, at minimum, does all of the following:
(A) Provides opportunities for input from educational partners.
(B) Results in a template that meets the oversight and monitoring requirements of the department and state board under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
(C) Facilitates all the requirements of subdivision (d), including, but not limited to, facilitating the ability to identify areas of the IDEA Addendum that are in alignment with the local control and accountability plan.
(b) Upon identification by the department that an improvement plan is necessary pursuant to Section 300.600 et seq. of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the identified school district, county office of education, or charter school shall complete the IDEA Addendum.
(c) The template for the IDEA Addendum shall, to the greatest extent practicable, use language that is understandable and accessible to parents.
(d) On or before July 1, 2025, each school district, charter school, or county office of education that is required to develop an IDEA Addendum pursuant to subdivision (b) shall do both of the following:
(1) The IDEA Addendum shall be developed in conjunction with, and attached to, the local control and accountability plan and annual update to the local control and accountability plan, shall be adopted by the governing board of a school district pursuant to Section 52062, by a county board of education pursuant to Section 52068, or by the governing body of a charter school pursuant to Section 47606.5, and shall be updated on an annual basis thereafter.
(2) The IDEA Addendum shall be submitted to the department within 15 days of adoption by the governing board of a school district, county board of education, or governing body of a charter school as set forth in paragraph (1).
(e) A school district, charter school, or county office of education that was identified by the department and adopted an improvement plan before July 1, 2025, shall not be required to develop an IDEA Addendum pursuant to this section until the expiration of their existing plan, or no later than July 1, 2028, whichever comes first.
(f) The IDEA Addendum shall constitute an addendum for purposes of the posting requirements described in Sections 47606.5 and 52065.
(g) Nothing in this section requires a school district, charter school, or county office of education to include items from the IDEA Addendum in their local control and accountability plan.
(h) The development of the template for the special education addendum shall not be subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(i) Unless specified, no other requirements of this article shall apply to this section.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 52, Sec. 82. (AB 181) Effective June 30, 2022.)