1997 Minnesota Statutes

     120.1811 Residential treatment facilities; education. 

    Subdivision 1.    Educational screening.  Secure and 
 nonsecure residential treatment facilities licensed by the 
 department of human services or the department of corrections 
 shall screen each juvenile who is held in a facility for at 
 least 72 hours, excluding weekends or holidays, using an 
 educational screening tool identified by the department of 
 children, families, and learning, unless the facility determines 
 that the juvenile has a current individual education plan and 
 obtains a copy of it.  The department of children, families, and 
 learning shall develop or identify an education screening tool 
 for use in residential facilities.  The tool must include a life 
 skills development component. 

    Subd. 2.    Rulemaking.  The state board of education 
 may, in consultation with the commissioners of corrections and 
 human services, make or amend rules relating to education 
 programs in residential treatment facilities, if necessary, to 
 implement this section. 

    HIST: 1995 c 226 art 3 s 4; 1Sp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13