CA AB2827

Requires the State Department of Social Services to revise regulations by January 1, 2024 to permit children with exceptional needs to use outdoor play spaces simultaneously with nondisabled children without obtaining a waiver.

Mandates the department specify any health and safety requirements that must be met when children with exceptional needs and nondisabled children share outdoor play spaces at the same time.

Allows the department to implement these requirements through an all-county letter or similar instruction rather than formal rulemaking procedures under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Applies to children with exceptional needs as defined in California Education Code Section 8205 who are enrolled in separate programs or classrooms from nondisabled children.