Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective June 6, 2024
Section 339.252 - Child with disability continues to be entitled to free appropriate public education if removed for disciplinary reasons; due process procedures(1) As used in this section, "child with a disability" has the meaning given that term in ORS 343.035.(2) A child with a disability continues to be entitled to a free appropriate public education if the child has been removed for disciplinary reasons from the child's current educational placement for more than 10 school days in a school year.(3) A disciplinary removal is considered a change in educational placement and the school district shall follow special education due process procedures under ORS 343.155(5) if: (a) The removal is for more than 10 consecutive school days; or(b) The child is removed for more than 10 cumulative school days in a school year, and those removals constitute a pattern based on the length and total time of removals and the proximity of the removals to one another.(4) A child with a disability shall not be removed for disciplinary reasons under subsection (3) of this section for misconduct that is a manifestation of the child's disability, except as provided under ORS 343.177.(5) Notwithstanding ORS 339.250(5)(h) or (7)(c)(B), a school district shall provide a free appropriate public education in an alternative setting to a child with a disability even if the basis for expulsion was a weapon violation pursuant to ORS 339.250(7).(6) School personnel may consider any unique circumstances on a case-by-case basis when determining whether to order a change in placement for a child with a disability who violates a code of student conduct.Amended by 2013 Ch. 267,§ 11, eff. 6/4/2013, op. 7/1/2014.1999 c.989 §4; 2005 c. 662, § 12; 2007 c. 70, § 98