Special education funding.

Existing law provides for the calculation of apportionments to fund the provision of special education instruction and services for pupils who qualify for these programs. Existing law establishes the special education early intervention preschool grant, which requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, in any year moneys are appropriated for this purpose, to allocate grant funding to school districts for preschool children with exceptional needs, as provided. Existing law, for the 2020–21 fiscal year, prohibits the Superintendent from making certain computations for special education funding unless the Superintendent receives a joint notification from the Director of Finance, or the director's designee, and the chairperson and vice chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, or their designees, that determines certain statutory changes designed to improve the academic outcomes of individuals with exceptional needs has occurred. This bill would extend the above-described prohibition to the 2021–22 fiscal year.