Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Division 29 - MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Section 581-029-0001 - School Safety and Prevention System
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 581-029-0001
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The following definitions apply to the School Safety and Prevention system established in ORS 339.341:
(a) "Evidenced-based, Multitiered Practice"
means a practice implemented by the school-wide system that:
(A) Provides services across three tiers:
universal, selected, and targeted supports;
(B) Promotes the mental health and well-being
of students and supports academic, behavioral and social-emotional success for
students, within a multitiered framework with an emphasis on protected classes,
historically, traditionally and currently underserved students and youth, by
matching increasing levels of culturally and linguistically responsive support
to empower students to meet their needs and goals;
(C) Operates within a continuous improvement
framework in which decisions are based on research, evidence, and
data;
(D) Counters racial and other
types of profiling and discriminatory acts; and
(E) Directly and intentionally addresses
implicit and explicit bias.
(b) "Evidence-based" means an activity,
strategy, or intervention that demonstrates:
(A) A statistically significant effect on
improving student outcomes or other relevant outcomes based on:
(i) Strong evidence from at least one
well-designed and well-implemented experimental study;
(ii) Moderate evidence from at least one
well-designed and well-implemented quasi-experimental study using a large or
multi-site sample; or
(iii)
Promising evidence from at least one well-designed and well-implemented
correlational study with statistical controls for selection bias; or
(B)
(i) A rationale based on high quality
research findings or positive evaluation that such activity, strategy, or
intervention adheres to antidiscrimination laws, and is likely to improve
student outcomes or other relevant outcomes based on a well-specified logic
model informed by research or an evaluation that suggests how the intervention
will improve relevant outcomes; and
(ii) Ongoing efforts to examine, evaluate and
reflect upon the effectiveness of such activity, strategy, or intervention on
the intended outcomes..
(C) Improving outcomes for historically,
traditionally, and currently underserved and marginalized
students.
(c) "Safety
Assessment" means a psychosocial, behavioral assessment that is conducted by a
multidisciplinary team to:
(A) Assess and
reduce the possibility of self-injury or injury to others;
(B) Provide support and intervention
services; and
(C) Assess existing
strengths, supports, needs and available resources.
(d) "School Safety and Prevention Specialist"
means the specialist as provided in ORS
339.341.
(e) "System" means the Statewide School
Safety and Prevention System as provided in ORS
339.341.
(2) The System shall be supported by a School Safety and Prevention Specialist who:
(a)
Participates in ongoing information sharing and assistance to school districts
and education service districts and may provide assistance to private
alternative schools and nonprofits that support youth-centered activities for
public school students;
(b) Ensures
supports within the school safety and prevention system are accessible to
historically, traditionally and currently underserved and marginalized students
and youth, using the Department's equity lens as provided in 581-013-0010,
including supports for the implementation of:
(A) Safety assessments;
(B) Suicide prevention, intervention, and
postvention; and
(C) Prevention of
bullying, cyber bullying, sexual violence, harassment, or
intimidation.
(c)
Develops and implements the System in a manner that is designed to result in
fewer disproportionate and more equitable outcomes for historically,
traditionally and currently underserved and marginalized students and
youth.
(d) Supports prevention,
intervention and postvention programs that:
(A) Are rooted in health education, social
emotional learning, culturally and linguistically responsive and restorative
practices, and trauma-informed principles and practices;
(B) Meaningfully engage and include voices
and choices of youth, including but not limited to: youth of color; youth
identifying as LGBTQ2SIA+; youth with disabilities; youth who are emergent
bilinguals; youth bereaved by suicide; youth with mental illness or substance
use disorders, youth navigating poverty, homelessness, and foster
care;
(C) Are informed by family
and community-based dialogue and discussions; and
(D) Align with or support:
(i) Suicide prevention, intervention and
postvention plans as provided in ORS
339.343 (Adi's Act);
(ii) Safe Schools Act as provided in ORS
339.351 to
339.364; and
(iii) Oregon Health Education Standards as
provided in ORS 329.045.
(e) Completes equity training that
is approved by the Department of Education;
(f) Participates in regional, professional
learning communities;
(g)
Participates in consultation with Tribal governments within the service area in
the development and implementation of the School Safety and Prevention
System;
(h) Meaningfully engage the
voice of disproportionately impacted youth in the development and
implementation of the School Safety and Prevention System.
(i) For the purpose of prevention, countering
profiling, and enhancing the use of a racial equity lens and an equity lens,
considers input from, shares information, and consults with the following:
(A) Youth as provided in subsection
(2)(d)(b);
(B) Primary care
organizations;
(C) Families and
other caregivers;
(D)
Community-based organizations;
(E)
School staff;
(F) School-based
health centers;
(G) School-based
mental health providers and behavioral specialists;
(H) Federally-recognized Tribal Governments
in Oregon;
(I) Youth Development
Council;
(J) Oregon Youth
Authority;
(K) Local district
attorneys and public defenders;
(L)
Local law enforcement;
(M) Local
mental health providers;
(N) State
and county juvenile justice systems; and
(O) Other relevant partners.
(j) Engage education stakeholders,
community partners, and Tribal governments in the development and
implementation of the School Safety and Prevention System.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 327.254; ORS 339.341
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 327.254; ORS 339.341
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