OAR 581-015-2075: Charter Schools

(1) For all school purposes, residency for charter school children is determined in accordance with ORS Chapter 338, revised 2011. (2) In accordance with procedural safeguards for special education, a school district must serve resident children with disabilities attending public charter schools located in the district in the same manner as the school district serves children with disabilities in other district schools, including but not limited to: (a) Identifying, locating, and evaluating students, in accordance with OAR 581-015-2100–581-015-2180, to determine which children enrolled in a public charter school may be in need of special education and related services (b) Implementing special education and related services according to each child’s individual education programs (IEP) in accordance with OAR 581-015-2200–581-015-2230. (c) Providing supplementary and related services on site at the public charter school to the same extent to which the school district has a policy or practice of providing such services on site to its other public schools. (3) A school district in which a public charter school is located must provide IDEA funds to those charter schools on the same basis as the school district provides IDEA funds to other public schools in the district, including proportional distribution based on relative enrollment of children with disabilities, at the same time as funds are distributed to other public schools in the district. (4) When a student enrolls in a public charter school, the school district in which the public charter school is located shall: (a) Provide written notification of the student’s enrollment to the student in which the student resides; (b) Request, in accordance with applicable confidentiality provisions in IDEA and OAR 581-015-0220 through 581-015-0400 and 34 CFR §§300.610 through 300.620, the student records of the student, including all information related to an individualized education program developed for the student; (c) If a student resides in another district, provide written notification to the student’s parent, guardian, or person in parental relationship to provide information about: (A) The school district’s responsibility to identify, locate and evaluate to determine a student’s need for special education and related services and to provide those special education services in the public charter school; and (B) The methods by which the school district may be contacted to answer questions or provide information related to special education and related services. (5) Each school district that receives an individualized education program (IEP) under subsection (4)(b) must, in consultation with the child’s parents, provide a free appropriate public education to the child, in accordance with OAR 581-015-2230(1), until the new district implements the individualized education program from the previous district or develops, adopts and implements a new IEP that meets the applicable requirements. If the information received was in effect in a previous school district in another state, the district will implement it in accordance with OAR 581-015-2230(2). (6) When a student no longer is enrolled in a public charter school for any reason, the school district in which the public charter school is located shall notify (a) The school district in which the student resides to provide notice: (A) that the student no longer is enrolled in the public charter school; and (B) that the district will provide the student education records including all information related to the student’s individualized education program if the student seeks enrollment or services from the district in which the student resides. Transfer of the information in (6)(b)(ii) is subject to the confidentiality provisions of IDEA and OAR 581-021-0230–581-021-0400. (b) The student’s parent, guardian or person in parental relationship to provide information about: (A) The responsibility of the school district in which the student resides to identify, locate and evaluate students and implement services; and (B) The methods by which the school district in (6)(a) may be contacted to answer questions or provide information about special education and related services. (C) The responsibility of the district to provide student education records, including all information related to the student’s individualized education program, if the student seeks enrollment or services from another school district, including the parental resident district. Transfer of student education records (6)(b)(ii) is subject to the requirements of IDEA and OAR 581-021-0230–581-021-0400.