(1) Each school year, the Department of Education shall receive an amount, as calculated under this section, from the State School Fund to pay the costs of educating children in programs under ORS § 343.261, 343.961 and 346.010.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 343.243

  • 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) To meet the requirements of ORS § 343.261, the department shall receive from the State School Fund an amount that is equal to the product of the following:

(a) The average net operating expenditure per student of all school districts during the preceding school year; and

(b) The number of slots available for students in the hospital programs under ORS § 343.261, as determined by the department for the school year.

(3) To meet the requirements of ORS § 343.961, the department shall receive from the State School Fund an amount that is equal to the product of the following:

(a) The average net operating expenditure per student of all school districts during the preceding school year; and

(b) The number of slots available for all students in eligible day treatment programs and eligible residential treatment programs under ORS § 343.961 for the school year, as determined by the Department of Education based on information received from the Department of Human Services, the Oregon Health Authority, the Oregon Youth Authority and eligible day treatment programs and eligible residential treatment programs.

(4) To meet the requirements of ORS § 346.010, the Department of Education shall receive from the State School Fund an amount that is equal to the product of the following:

(a) The average net operating expenditure per student of all school districts during the preceding school year; and

(b) The resident average daily membership of students enrolled in a program under ORS § 346.010 for one-half of the school day or more, exclusive of preschool children covered by ORS § 343.533.

(5) The children covered by this section shall be enumerated in the average daily membership of the district providing the instruction but the district may not accrue credit for days’ attendance of such children for the purpose of distributing state school funds.

(6) The liability of a district shall not exceed the amount established under this section even if the child is otherwise subject to ORS § 336.575 and 336.580.

(7) The department shall credit amounts received from the State School Fund under this section to the appropriate subaccount in the Special Education Account. [1985 c.555 § 7; 1987 c.282 § 1; 1989 c.875 § 1; 1989 c.971 § 5; 1991 c.167 § 25; 1991 c.780 § 37; 1999 c.684 § 1; 2001 c.36 § 1; 2001 c.900 § 243; 2009 c.439 § 1; 2011 c.701 § 3]

 

[1953 c.710 § 7; 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 § 7 (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]

 

[1993 c.749 § 11; repealed by 2001 c.36 § 3]