ORS 343.173¹
Parental right to examine district records
  • • independent evaluation
  • • hearing
  • • costs

(1) Notwithstanding the limitation on access to records under ORS 192.410 (Definitions for ORS 192.410 to 192.505) to 192.505 (Exempt and nonexempt public record to be separated), 326.565 (Standards for student records), 326.575 (Records when student transfers or is placed elsewhere) and 336.187 (When school authorized to disclose information about student), the parent is entitled at any reasonable time to examine all of the records of the school district pertaining to the identification, evaluation and educational placement of the child and the provision of a free appropriate public education to the child.

(2) Any parent is entitled to obtain an independent evaluation at the expense of the school district if the parent disagrees with an evaluation obtained by the district.

(3) If the school district disagrees with the parent’s request for an independent educational evaluation, the district may initiate a hearing under ORS 343.165 (Circumstances requiring hearing) to show that the district’s evaluation is appropriate. If the final decision is that the district’s evaluation is appropriate, the parent has the right to an independent educational evaluation, but not at the district’s expense.

(4) If the parent requests an independent educational evaluation of the child, the school district shall provide information about where an independent educational evaluation may be obtained.

(5) If a hearing officer appointed under ORS 343.165 (Circumstances requiring hearing) requests an independent educational evaluation as part of a hearing, the school district shall pay the cost of the evaluation.

(6) For purposes of this section, "independent educational evaluation" means an evaluation conducted by a qualified examiner who is not employed by the school district responsible for the child in question. [1979 c.423 §8 (enacted in lieu of 343.077); 1989 c.252 §3; 1989 c.491 §36; 1993 c.45 §207; 1999 c.989 §18]

§§ 343.153 to 343.187

Notes of Decisions

Under Former Similar Statute

Under former sec­tion hearings of­fi­cer and Depart­ment of Educa­tion were empowered to direct school district to pay tui­tion of handicapped child placed in private residential facility. Mahoney v. Adm. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 42 Or App 665, 601 P2d 826 (1979)

Chapter 343

Notes of Decisions

As handicapped children are entitled under this chapter to receive special educa­tion and related services free of charge, where private residential place­ment for handicapped child has been found necessary, tui­tion expense must be borne by school district, and this obliga­tion is not limited to school year. Mahoney v. Adm. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 42 Or App 665, 601 P2d 826 (1979)

1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 343—Special Education Services, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­Archive/­2007ors343.­pdf (2007) (last ac­cessed Feb. 12, 2009).
 
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2007, Chapter 343, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­343ano.­htm (2007) (last ac­cessed Feb. 12, 2009).
 
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