(a) The Superintendent shall utilize the advisory task force established pursuant to Section 56351.7 to develop standards for pupils described in subdivision (b) to learn, and to achieve mastery of, the braille mathematics code as they progress through kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
(b) The standards described in subdivision (a) shall be developed for pupils who, due to a visual impairment, are functionally blind or may be expected to have a need to learn the braille code as their primary literacy mode for learning.
(c) The task force shall, by March 1, 2006, report to the state board with the standards it develops pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 530, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)