Oregon Statutes 343.455 – Providers under Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program to provide early childhood special education
(1) Providers under the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program, as defined in ORS § 329.175, shall be responsible for providing early childhood special education as defined in ORS § 343.035 (5).
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.455
- Early childhood special education: means instruction that is:
(a) Free, appropriate and specially designed to meet the unique needs of a preschool child with a disability;
(b) Provided from three years of age until the age of eligibility for kindergarten; and
(c) Provided in any of the following settings:
(A) The home, a hospital, an institution, a special school, a classroom or a community child care setting;
(B) A preschool; or
(C) A combination of a setting described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and a preschool. 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) Not less than 10 percent of the population of children served by a provider under the Oregon Prenatal to Kindergarten Program shall be children who are eligible to receive early childhood special education. [1991 c.785 § 4; 1993 c.45 § 231; 2001 c.831 § 25; 2023 c.547 § 23]
[1955 c.658 § 10; 1959 c.182 § 2; 1961 c.541 § 6; 1963 c.570 § 25c; 1965 c.100 § 420; repealed by 1975 c.621 § 17]