Education Code section 56174

The local educational agency shall not be required to pay for the cost of education, including special education and related services, of a child with a disability at a private school or facility if the local educational agency made a free appropriate public education available to the child and the parent of the child elected to place the child in the private school or facility.

Source: Section 56174, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=56174. (updated Jan. 1, 2008; accessed Sep. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/education_code_section_56174

Original Source: Section 56174, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=56174. (last accessed May 12, 2025).