ORS 343.455¹
Early childhood special education provided by prekindergartens
  • • service requirement

(1) Oregon prekindergartens, as defined in ORS 329.170 (Definitions for ORS 329.170 to 329.200), shall be responsible for providing early childhood special education as defined in ORS 343.035 (Definitions) (5).

(2) Not less than 10 percent of the population of children served in Oregon prekindergartens shall be children who are eligible to receive early childhood special education. [1991 c.785 §4; 1993 c.45 §231; 2001 c.831 §25]

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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