1998 Minnesota Statutes

     125A.52 Residential treatment facilities; departments of 
  human services and corrections education screening. 

    Subdivision 1.    Educational screening.  Secure and 
 nonsecure residential treatment facilities licensed by the 
 department of human services or the department of corrections 
 must 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, unless the facility 
 determines that the juvenile has a current individual education 
 plan and obtains a copy of it.  The department must 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 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; 1998 c 
 397 art 2 s 66,164