Cal. Educ. Code § 59024

If it appears to the satisfaction of the court that the parent or guardian has sufficient pecuniary ability or that there are sufficient funds in the estate of the child to provide the service for the child or to reimburse the Department of Education for expenses incurred by it in providing the service for the child in an emergency, the court shall not issue the certificate, but shall, according to the nature of the application before it, either order the superintendent to provide the child with the service or order the parent or guardian either himself or from the estate of the child, as the court determines, to reimburse the Department of Education for expenses incurred by it in providing the service for the child in an emergency.