ORS 336.585: Education for children enrolled in Juvenile Detention Education Program; costs; rules; notification to resident district.

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Juvenile Detention Education Program” means the program defined in ORS 326.695. (b) “Resident district” means the school district in which the parents or legal guardian, if any, of a child resided at the time of the child’s enrollment in the Juvenile Detention Education Program. If the child has no parents or legal guardian, or none can be located, the resident district is the school district in which the child is physically located. (2)(a) The Department of Education shall provide or cause to be provided appropriate education for children enrolled in an educational program under the Juvenile Detention Education Program. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may contract with a school district or education service district to provide or cause to be provided appropriate education to children enrolled in an educational program under the Juvenile Detention Education Program. For the purpose of this section, an appropriate education includes transition services from the Juvenile Detention Education Program into school settings and workforce preparation programs and any necessary ongoing support for a transition. (b) An education service district that provides education as provided by this subsection and that awards high school diplomas: (A) May not impose requirements for a high school diploma that are in addition to the requirements prescribed by ORS 329.451 (2)(a) or by rule of the State Board of Education; and (B) Must accept any credits previously earned by children in another school or educational program in this state and apply those credits toward the requirements prescribed by ORS 329.451 (2)(a) or by rule of the State Board of Education. (3) The superintendent shall pay the costs of providing education to children enrolled in an educational program under the Juvenile Detention Education Program from the State School Fund grant allocated for that purpose under ORS 327.026. (4) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule standards to be applied to the operation of the Juvenile Detention Education Program, including standards that allow a school district or an education service district under contract with the superintendent to: (a) Implement an assessment system as provided by ORS 329.485. (b) Administer a nationally normed assessment as provided by ORS 329.488. (c) Participate in the beginning teacher and administrator mentorship program established by ORS 329.788 to 329.820. (d) Receive funds under ORS chapter 329. (5) The superintendent shall ensure that the resident district of each child enrolled in an educational program under the Juvenile Detention Education Program is notified, if the resident district can be reasonably identified. The purposes of the notification include, but are not limited to: (a) Removing the child from the resident district’s census; (b) Facilitating transfers of the child’s educational records; and (c) Facilitating planning for the child’s possible return to the resident district. [Formerly 339.205; 2001 c.681 §8; 2011 c.315 §1; 2013 c.1 §31; 2013 c.747 §41; 2018 c.18 §1; 2022 c.81 §8]