Oregon Statutes 343.261 – Instruction of certain hospitalized children; rules
Under rules adopted by the State Board of Education:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.261
- 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
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- 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
(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction, in cooperation with the hospital authorities, shall be responsible for payment of the cost and oversight of the educational programs for children through 21 years of age in the following institutions:
(a) State-operated hospitals;
(b) The Oregon Health and Science University hospitals and clinics; and
(c) Private hospitals not including psychiatric facilities which:
(A) Have the capacity to admit patients from throughout the state;
(B) Provide specialized intensive treatment for children with severe, low-incidence types of disabling conditions; and
(C) Admit children who can expect to be hospitalized for extended periods of time or rehospitalized frequently.
(2) The superintendent shall be responsible for the payment of the cost of the education by contract with the school district in which the state-operated hospital, the Oregon Health and Science University hospital or clinic or the private hospital is located. The hospital shall be responsible for the costs of transportation, care, treatment and medical expenses. The payments may be made to the school district, or at the discretion of the school district, to the district providing the education, as set forth in subsection (3) of this section, from the funds appropriated for the purpose.
(3) The school district in which the state-operated hospital, the Oregon Health and Science University hospital or clinic or the private hospital is located shall be responsible for providing the education directly or through an adjacent school district or through the education service district in which the program is located or one contiguous thereto.
(4) The superintendent shall make the final determinations concerning the eligibility of hospitals to receive state funding under this section. [1959 c.510 § 10 (343.211 to 343.291 and 343.990(2) enacted in lieu of 343.234 to 343.304 as compiled in 1957 Replacement Part); 1965 c.100 § 402; 1975 c.621 § 8; 1975 c.693 § 2; 1979 c.737 § 1; 1985 c.555 § 3; 1989 c.224 § 54; 1989 c.491 § 39; 1989 c.875 § 2; 1995 c.162 § 69]
[1953 c.710 12,15; 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)]
[1959 c.510 § 13 (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]
[1953 c.710 13,14; 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)]
[Repealed by 1953 c.710 § 23]
[1959 c.510 § 12 (343.211 to 343.291 enacted in lieu of 343.234 to 343.304 as compiled in 1957 Replacement Part); 1965 c.100 § 403; 1971 c.602 § 11; 1975 c.621 § 9; repealed by 1993 c.45 § 216]
[1953 c.710 5,10,19; 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)]
[1959 c.510 § 14 (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]
[1965 c.100 § 405; 1971 c.449 § 5; repealed by 1993 c.45 § 217]
[1953 c.710 20,21; 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)]
[Repealed by 1953 c.710 § 23]
[1959 c.510 § 15 (343.211 to 343.291 and 343.990(2) enacted in lieu of 343.234 to 343.304 as compiled in 1957 Replacement Part); 1965 c.100 § 406; 1969 c.519 § 1; 1975 c.621 § 10; 1977 c.714 § 7; 1985 c.555 § 16; 1987 c.158 § 60; repealed by 1991 c.780 § 30]
[1985 c.555 § 13; repealed by 1991 c.780 § 30]
[1953 c.710 § 4; 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)]