(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall employ personnel qualified by training and experience to supervise the types of services required by the special programs authorized by this chapter. Personnel so employed shall assist the school districts, county and regional facilities, early childhood special education programs, early intervention services and hospitals in the organization and development of special programs authorized by this chapter, shall have general supervision of such programs, and shall assist school districts, early childhood special education and early intervention contractors in obtaining required services, equipment and materials, particularly where the number of children is too small to justify district or contractor purchase of equipment and materials.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.065

  • 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

  • Early intervention services: means services for preschool children with disabilities from birth until three years of age that are:

    (a) Designed to meet the developmental needs of children with disabilities and the needs of the family related to enhancing the child's development;

    (b) Selected in collaboration with the parents; and

    (c) Provided:

    (A) Under public supervision;

    (B) By personnel qualified in accordance with criteria established by rules of the State Board of Education; and

    (C) In conformity with an individualized family service plan. 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

  • 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) The Department of Education shall distribute to all school districts administrative guidelines, technical assistance materials, practice guidance materials and other training materials it develops for the purpose of assisting school districts in complying with the provisions of this chapter and with rules adopted by the department under this chapter.

(3) Upon receipt of any materials described in subsection (2) of this section, a school district shall distribute copies of the materials to all instructional staff. [Formerly 343.255; 1991 c.749 § 4; 1999 c.639 § 2; 2009 c.255 § 2]

 

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