(a) The Superintendent shall send a notice to the governing board of each local educational agency within 30 days of when the Superintendent determines any of the following:
(1) The local educational agency is substantially out of compliance with one or more significant provisions of this part, the implementing regulations, provisions of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.), or the implementing regulations.
(2) The local educational agency fails to comply substantially with corrective action orders issued by the department resulting from focused monitoring findings or complaint investigations.
(3) The local educational agency fails to implement the decision of a due process hearing officer for noncompliance with provisions of this part, the implementing regulations, provisions of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1400 et seq.), or the implementing regulations, which noncompliance results in the denial of, or impedes the delivery of, a free appropriate public education for an individual with exceptional needs.
(b) The notice shall provide a description of the special education and related services that are required by law and with which the local educational agency is not in compliance.
(c) Upon receipt of the notification sent pursuant to subdivision (a), the governing board shall at a regularly scheduled public hearing address the issue of noncompliance.
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 56, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2008.)