SECTION 377:10-13-107. Academic and vocational programs

(a)   Policy and procedure shall require an education program for all juveniles, including teaching, educational materials, and books. The program shall emphasize basic literacy skills, including curricula requirements stressing reading, writing, mathematics, science, vocational-technical education, and other courses of instruction designed to assure that such juvenile will be capable of being assimilated into society as productive adults capable of self-support and full participation.

(1)   The curriculum shall be written, standardized, and competency-based.

(2)   The program shall allow for juveniles to begin at any time and proceed at an individual learning pace.

(b)   The facility shall also maintain a system of academic and vocational counseling, including initial screening, assessment, and evaluation to determine each juvenile's educational needs.

(c)   The facility shall make an annual evaluation to measure the effectiveness of the educational and vocational training programs against stated performance objectives.

[Source: Added at 15 Ok Reg 771, eff 10-2-97 (emergency); Added at 15 Ok Reg 2682, eff 7-1-98]