Oregon Department of Education
Chapter 581
Division 15
SPECIAL EDUCATION
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Transfer Students
(1) In state: If a child with a disability (who had an IEP that was in effect in a previous school district in Oregon) transfers to a new district in Oregon, and enrolls in a new school within the same school year, the new school district (in consultation with the child’s parents) must provide a free appropriate public education to the child (including services comparable to those described in the child’s IEP from the previous district), until the new district either:
(a) Adopts the child’s IEP from the previous school district; or
(b) Develops, adopts and implements a new IEP for the child.
(2) Out of state: If a child with a disability (who had an IEP that was in effect in a previous school district in another state) transfers to a new district in Oregon, and enrolls in a new school within the same school year, the new school district (in consultation with the child’s parents) must provide a free appropriate public education to the child (including services comparable to those described in the child’s IEP from the previous district), until the new district:
(a) Conducts an initial evaluation (if determined necessary by the new district); and
(b) Develops, adopts and implements a new IEP, if appropriate, that meets applicable requirements.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 343.041, 343.045 & 343.055;
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 343.045, 343.155 & 34 CFR 300.323
History:
ODE 10-2007, f. & cert. ef. 4-25-07