ORS 343.152 Terminology in individualized education program for child with an intellectual disability

An individualized education program may not use the words “retardation” or “mental retardation” to refer to a child with an intellectual disability.

If an individualized education program developed, reviewed or revised before, on or after June 28, 2011, uses the words “retardation” or “mental retardation,” those words shall be substituted with other words designating “intellectual disability” wherever those words occur in the individualized education program.