(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall administer all programs established under this chapter. The State Board of Education, consistent with the provisions of ORS § 342.120 to 342.430, shall adopt rules relating to qualifications of teachers, supervisors, work experience coordinators, coordinators of volunteer services and trainers of volunteer personnel, courses of study, admission, eligibility of children, size of special facilities, rooms and equipment, supervision, territory to be served, and such other rules as the board considers necessary to administer this chapter.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.055

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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) Out of such funds as may otherwise be appropriated for the purposes enumerated in this section, the State Board of Education may:

(a) Purchase and prepare equipment and supplies to be loaned to school districts and county or regional special education facilities which provide approved programs for children with disabilities in the public schools.

(b) Contract with and pay an educational institution, either within or without the state, for the purpose of providing educational services for children who are both deaf and blind.

(c) Purchase and prepare equipment and supplies to be loaned to early childhood special education and early intervention contractors that provide approved programs for preschool children with disabilities. [Formerly 343.500; 1967 c.329 § 1; 1975 c.621 § 2; 1989 c.491 § 32; 1991 c.749 § 3; 1993 c.45 § 199]

 

[Repealed by 1953 c.110 § 2]

 

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