ORS 343.223¹
Assistive technology devices or services
  • • professional development
  • • rules

(1)(a) Each school district shall make assistive technology devices or assistive technology services, or both, available to a child with a disability if required as part of a child’s special education, related services or supplementary aids and services.

(b) The State Board of Education shall establish by rule the definitions of assistive technology devices and assistive technology services.

(2) School districts shall ensure that school administrators and school personnel whose duties may require them to assist a student with a print disability, as defined in ORS 337.511 (Definitions for ORS 337.511 to 337.524), receive annual professional development related to using online resources that enable students with print disabilities to receive instructional materials free of charge. [1993 c.749 §15; 2013 c.98 §3]

Note: 343.223 (Assistive technology devices or services) was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 343 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.

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 and Other Specialized Education Services, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­ors343.­html (2019) (last ac­cessed May 16, 2020).
 
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2019, Chapter 343, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­ano343.­html (2019) (last ac­cessed May 16, 2020).
 
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