Section 340.1757. Students placed in juvenile detention facilities; other educational services.

All of the following provisions are specific requirements for educational services conducted for  students   placed   in    juvenile detention facilities:

(a)    Programs shall be initiated within 5 calendar days after admission. If a student placed in a juvenile detention facility is suspected of having a disability, then the procedure outlined in part 2 of these  rules shall be immediately followed.

(b)     Notification  of   educational  placement   shall    be    sent    to the superintendent of the district of residence within 5 school days after the date of entry of a student  into the   educational   program    in   a juvenile detention facility.

(c)     Subject to applicable federal privacy protections, education reports for each student educated in a juvenile detention facility shall be sent by certified mail to the superintendent of the district of residence within  5 school days from the date of release from the facility.

(d)     Special education reimbursed personnel may provide educational services for students who do not have disabilities and who are placed in the facility, if the programs comply with both of the following provisions:

(i)    They are under the supervision of a teacher approved in the area of emotional impairment.

(ii)   They have not more than 10 students in a class at any 1 time.

History: 1980 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2005 AACS.