Education Of Children Housed In Juvenile Detention Facilities

TITLE 33 EDUCATION CHAPTER 20 EDUCATION OF EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN 33-2009. Education of children housed in juvenile detention facilities. Every public school district in this state within which is located a detention facility housing juvenile offenders pursuant to court order shall provide, subject to rules of the state board of education, instruction in accredited courses, by a certified instructor, for the juvenile offenders under twenty-one (21) years of age who are housed in the detention facility for juvenile offenders, and shall upon satisfactory completion of required public school courses or correspondence course from a state institution of higher learning in Idaho, issue credits or a diploma evidencing such achievement. Every student served by a public school district pursuant to this section shall be counted as an exceptional child by the district for purposes of state reimbursement.