ORS 343.146
Determination of eligibility for special education services

  • evaluation
  • reevaluation
  • examinations and assessments

(1)

To receive special education, children with disabilities shall be determined eligible for special education services under a school district program approved under ORS 343.045 (Criteria for development and operation of special programs) and as provided under ORS 343.221 (Special education required).

(2)

Before initially providing special education, the school district shall ensure that a full and individual evaluation is conducted to determine the child’s eligibility for special education and the child’s special educational needs.

(3)

Eligibility for special education shall be determined pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education.

(4)

Each school district shall conduct a reevaluation of each child with a disability in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education.

(5)

If a medical examination is required as part of an initial evaluation or reevaluation, the examination must be given by:

(a)

A physician licensed under ORS chapter 677 or by the appropriate authority in another state;

(b)

A naturopathic physician licensed under ORS chapter 685 or by the appropriate authority in another state;

(c)

A nurse practitioner licensed under ORS 678.375 (Nurse practitioners) to 678.390 (Authority of nurse practitioner and clinical nurse specialist to write prescriptions or dispense drugs) or by the appropriate authority in another state; or

(d)

A physician assistant licensed under ORS 677.505 (Application of provisions governing physician assistants to other health professions) to 677.525 (Fees) or by the appropriate authority in another state.

(6)

If a vision examination is required as part of an initial evaluation or reevaluation, the examination must be given by:

(a)

A person licensed to practice optometry under ORS chapter 683 or by the appropriate authority in another state; or

(b)

A physician who specializes in ophthalmology and who is licensed under ORS chapter 677 or by the appropriate authority in another state.

(7)

If an audiological assessment is required as part of an initial evaluation or reevaluation, the assessment must be given by an audiologist licensed under ORS chapter 681 or by the appropriate authority in another state.

(8)

The information obtained in an examination or assessment performed under subsection (5), (6) or (7) of this section must be reported by the practitioner who performed the examination or assessment to the school district in which the child is or will be enrolled. [1999 c.989 §12; 2005 c.662 §2; 2007 c.86 §4; 2017 c.356 §30; 2019 c.171 §1]

Source: Section 343.146 — Determination of eligibility for special education services; evaluation; reevaluation; examinations and assessments, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors343.­html.

343.035
Definitions for chapter
343.041
Supervision of programs for children with disabilities by Superintendent of Public Instruction
343.045
Criteria for development and operation of special programs
343.055
Administration of programs by Superintendent of Public Instruction
343.065
Employment of personnel to supervise types of services for special programs
343.085
Tuition prohibited
343.146
Determination of eligibility for special education services
343.148
Requirements for individualized family service plans and individualized education programs for children who are deaf or deafblind or who are hard of hearing
343.151
Individualized education program
343.152
Terminology in individualized education program for child with an intellectual disability
343.154
Functional behavioral assessments and behavior intervention plans
343.155
Procedures to protect rights of child with disability
343.156
Limitations on appointment of surrogate to protect educational rights of a child with a disability
343.157
Duty of school districts to identify, locate and evaluate resident children who may have disabilities
343.159
Requirements for written notice to parents of child with disability
343.161
Abbreviated school day programs
343.164
Parental consent requirements for evaluation, reevaluation or placement
343.165
Circumstances requiring hearing
343.167
Result of hearing
343.173
Parental right to examine district records
343.175
Civil action following hearing
343.177
Educational placement during administrative or judicial proceedings
343.181
Transfer of special education rights to child with disability upon age of majority
343.183
Effect of school district failure to comply
343.193
Duty to report child with disability not enrolled in special education program
343.221
Special education required
343.223
Assistive technology devices or services
343.224
School district liability for expense of noneducational care
343.236
Special education provided by state through local, county or regional program
343.243
Receipt of amount from State School Fund for children enrolled in certain programs
343.247
Special Education Account
343.261
Instruction of certain hospitalized children
343.285
Use of state funds to match federal funds
343.287
State Advisory Council for Special Education
343.293
Local advisory councils on special education
343.295
Document of successful completion
343.391
Purpose of ORS 343.391 to 343.413
343.395
Definitions for ORS 343.391 to 343.413
343.396
Nature of programs
343.397
Plan of instruction for talented and gifted children
343.399
State aid to local districts
343.401
Use of funds appropriated for ORS 343.391 to 343.413
343.404
Funding for program
343.407
Identification of talented and gifted students
343.409
Talented and gifted programs required
343.411
When identification and programs for certain children required or optional
343.413
Short title
343.455
Prekindergartens to provide early childhood special education
343.465
Policy on services to preschool children with disabilities
343.475
Program of early childhood special education and early intervention services
343.485
Confidentiality of records
343.495
Operation of early childhood special education or early intervention programs by department
343.499
State Interagency Coordinating Council
343.507
Local early intervention interagency advisory council
343.511
Interagency agreements to provide services
343.513
Eligibility criteria
343.517
Parent-initiated referral to determine eligibility
343.521
Individualized family service plan
343.523
Service coordination requirements for early intervention and early childhood special education
343.527
Requirements for written notice to parents of preschool child with disability
343.531
Procedural safeguards
343.533
Transportation service to preschool children with disabilities
343.534
Allocation of state funds to approved providers
343.565
Definitions for ORS 343.565 to 343.595
343.575
Proficiency in reading and writing for blind student
343.585
Instruction in Braille
343.595
Requirement that textbook publishers supply material in format from which Braille version can be produced
343.600
State policy encouraging use of Braille
343.650
Definitions for ORS 343.650 to 343.680
343.660
Facilities and services for disadvantaged children
343.670
Advance payment to districts
343.680
Advance payments and reimbursements to districts of at least 40,000 for operation and construction costs
343.810
Definitions for ORS 343.810 to 343.835
343.830
Summer programs for migrant children
343.835
Reimbursement
343.923
Department duties for programs for students with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities
343.941
Department duties for education of students admitted to pediatric nursing facilities
343.961
Responsibility for costs of education of children in day and residential treatment programs
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