NPS/A Out-of-State Placement

California Education Code 56365(f) requires that if a local educational agency (LEA) places a pupil with a nonpublic school or agency outside of California, the pupil's individualized education program (IEP) team shall submit a report to the California Department of Education within 15 days of the placement decision.

The report (DOC) requires information on the

• special education and related services provided by the out-of-state program placement
• costs of the special education and related services provided
• efforts of the LEA to locate an appropriate public school or nonpublic school or agency, or a combination thereof, within the state