Oregon Statutes 343.293 – Local advisory councils on special education; duties
(1) Every school district, combination of districts or education service district that operates or plans to operate a program of special education under ORS § 343.035 and 343.221 may appoint one or more local advisory councils consisting primarily of parents of children being served in special education programs.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.293
- 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
(2) Each advisory council shall select its own chairperson and vice chairperson and fix the duties of its officers.
(3) Each local advisory council shall review all aspects of the special program and report to the district school board, or boards or to the education service district board. The local council shall also make recommendations to the Superintendent of Public Instruction as to appointments to the State Advisory Council for Special Education. [Formerly 343.525; 1989 c.158 § 3]
[1953 c.710 § 16; repealed by 1959 c.510 § 1 (343.211 to 343.291 and 343.990(2) enacted in lieu of 343.234 to 343.304 as compiled in 1957 Replacement Part)]