Oregon Statutes 343.236 – Special education provided by state through local, county or regional program; rules
(1)(a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may provide special education on a local, county or regional basis without regard to county boundaries in all areas of the state for children who have a low incidence disability. Children with a low incidence disability include, but are not limited to, children who:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.236
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Instruction: means providing children and families with information and skills that support the achievement of the goals and outcomes in the child's individualized family service plan and working with preschool children with disabilities in one or more of the following developmental areas:
(a) Communication development;
(b) Social or emotional development;
(c) Physical development, including vision and hearing;
(d) Adaptive development; and
(e) Cognitive development. 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
(A) Have a visual impairment;
(B) Are deaf or hard of hearing;
(C) Are deafblind;
(D) Have an orthopedic impairment;
(E) Have autism spectrum disorder; or
(F) Have traumatic brain injury.
(b) The superintendent shall designate one of the regional programs that provides special education to children who are blind or visually impaired to provide statewide coordination and technical assistance related to the provision of services described in ORS § 346.315 (2).
(c) The program designated under paragraph (b) of this subsection may receive moneys from the Blind and Visually Impaired Student Fund established under ORS § 346.315 and distribute those moneys to other regional programs.
(2) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may operate and administer a local, county or regional program of special education or the superintendent may contract for the operation and administration of the program with a school district or an education service district.
(3) The State Board of Education by rule shall:
(a) Establish eligibility criteria and educational standards for the programs described in subsection (1) of this section and those programs in the school operated under ORS § 346.010.
(b) Develop a method for funding the programs described in subsection (1) of this section in a manner that is consistent with state and federal law.
(4) A school district that contracts to provide a program under this section shall be paid for the state-approved program as determined and funded by the Legislative Assembly. Contracting school districts are authorized to negotiate supplemental programs with participating school districts. [1965 c.100 § 401; 1975 c.621 § 7; 1985 c.555 § 2; 1991 c.167 § 24; 1991 c.795 § 14; 1993 c.749 § 16; 2003 c.226 § 18; 2005 c.306 § 1; 2007 c.858 § 70; 2009 c.562 11,12; 2019 c.310 § 3; 2021 c.190 § 1]
[1953 c.710 § 3; repealed by 1959 c.510 § 1 (343.211 to 343.291 and 343.990(2) enacted in lieu of 343.234 to 343.304 as compiled in 1957 Replacement Part)]
[2001 c.64 § 1; 2009 c.562 § 24; repealed by 2021 c.190 § 3]
[Repealed by 1953 c.710 § 23]
[1959 c.510 § 3 (343.211 to 343.291 and 343.990(2) enacted in lieu of 343.234 to 343.304 as compiled in 1957 Replacement Part); repealed by 1965 c.100 § 456]