(1)(a) Each school district shall make assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, available to a child with a disability if required as part of a child’s special education, related services or supplementary aids and services.

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.223

  • Child with a disability: means a school-age child who is entitled to a free appropriate public education as specified by ORS § 339. See Oregon Statutes 343.035
  • Related services: means transportation and such developmental, corrective and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, including:

    (A) Speech-language and audiology services;

    (B) Interpreting services;

    (C) Psychological services;

    (D) Physical and occupational therapy;

    (E) Recreation, including therapeutic recreation;

    (F) Social work services;

    (G) School nurse services designed to enable a child with a disability to receive a free appropriate public education as described in the individualized education program of the child;

    (H) Early identification and assessment of disabilities in children;

    (I) Counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling;

    (J) Orientation and mobility services;

    (K) Medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes;

    (L) Parent counseling and training; and

    (M) Assistive technology. See Oregon Statutes 343.035

  • School district: means a common or union high school district that is charged with the duty or contracted with by a public agency to educate children eligible for special education. See Oregon Statutes 343.035
  • Special education: includes instruction that:

    (a) May be conducted in the classroom, the home, a hospital, an institution, a special school or another setting; and

    (b) May involve physical education services, speech-language services, transition services or other related services designated by rule to be services to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability. See Oregon Statutes 343.035

(b) The State Board of Education shall establish by rule the definitions of assistive technology devices and assistive technology services.

(2) School districts shall ensure that school administrators and school personnel whose duties may require them to assist a student with a print disability, as defined in ORS § 337.511, receive annual professional development related to using online resources that enable students with print disabilities to receive instructional materials free of charge. [1993 c.749 § 15; 2013 c.98 § 3]

 

343.223 was added to and made a part of ORS Chapter 343 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.