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Introduction

Children in the state of California are entitled to a free public education. The funding for both general and special education is routed through an administrative hierarchy working from the ‘top' down. At the ground level, children are assigned to school campuses according to their geographic location. Each campus is assigned to a school district and each district is in turn assigned to a SELPA (Special Education Local Planning Area). State funding works its way through a SELPA, then down to a District, and finally to your child as a student.

Cases have been organized according to SELPA. If you do not know your SELPA, browse the list of districts assigned to each, then click on the corresponding SELPA link.

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Autism (PDD, Asperger's Syndrome) Emotional disturbance Hearing impairments Mental retardation (Down Syndrome) Multiple disabilities Orthopedic impairments Other health impairments (including AD/HD) Severe learning disabilities Speech/language impairmentsv Traumatic brain injury Visual impairments

Los Angeles County

East San Gabriel Valley SELPA

Foothill SELPA

(Burbank Unified School District, Glendale Unified School District, La Canada Unified School District)

Los Angeles Unified SELPA

(Los Angeles Unified School District)

Southwest SELPA

(Centinela Valley UHSD, El Segundo USD, Hawthorne SD, Hermosa Beach SD, Inglewood USD, Lawndale SD, Lennox SD, Manhattan Beach USD, Palos Verdes Peninsula USD, Redondo Beach USD, Torrance USD, Wiseburn USD)

Tri-City SELPA

(Beverly Hills Unified School District, Culver City Unified School District, Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District)

West San Gabriel SELPA

(Alhambra School District, Arcadia School District, Duarte School District, El Monte City School District, El Monte Union School District, Monrovia School District, Mountainview School District, Rosemead School District, San Marino School District, San Gabriel School District, South Pasadena School District, Temple City School District, Vall Lindo School District)

Whittier Area Cooperative SELPA

(Brea Olinda Unified School District, Cypress School District, Fullerton Joint Union High School District, La Habra City School District, Norwalk-La Mirada School District, Whittier City School District, Whittier Union High School District)

Orange County

Anaheim City SELPA

(Anaheim City School District)

Garden Grove SELPA

(Garden Grove Unified School District)

South Orange County SELPA

(Capistrano Unified School District, Laguna Beach Unified School District, Saddleback Valley School District)

Ventura County

Ventura County SELPA

(Briggs Elementary School District, Conejo Valley Unified School District, Fillmore Unified School District, Golden Valley Charter School Elementary School District, Hueneme Elementary School District, Las Virgenes Unified School District, Mesa Union School District, Moorpark Unified School District, Mupu School District, Oak Park Unified School District, Ocean View Elementary School District, Ojai Unified School District, Oxnard Elementary District, Oxnard Union High School District, Pleasant Valley Elementary School District, Santa Clara Elementary School District, Santa Paula Elementary School District, Santa Paula Union High School, Simi Valley Unified School District, Somis Union School District, Ventura Unified School District)

Can't find your SELPA? This list is not comprehensive; it presents current cases and is periodically updated to include new issues as they arise.

Search a list of Southern California SELPA's here.

Confidential Cases

Confidential Cases

Regional Centers

Regional Centers