Ordinance on Special Needs Education in the Canton of Uri - Subject Matter

1. This regulation governs the organization and financing of special education services in the Canton of Uri.

1. Entitlement to special educational services is determined by Article 12, paragraph 1, and Article 27 of the School Act.

2. The canton shall also assume the existing services of the disability insurance for special education and continue them accordingly.

1. The Special Educational Services Include

a) Early Special Education

b) Speech Therapy

c) Psychomotor Therapy

d) Counseling

e) Supplementary Individual Measures in Regular Class Education

f) Special School Instruction in Special Schools

g) Partial or Full Residential Placement in Homes

h) Organization of Transportation

1. Children and adolescents with disabilities, as well as their parents, are advised by the providers of special educational services.

1. Supplementary Individual Measures in Regular Class Education are Implemented

a) for students with a disability as defined in Article 8, Paragraph 2 of the Federal Act on the General Part of Social Insurance Law (SR 830.1)

b) for students who, despite having adjusted learning objectives, can only follow the lessons with additional support

1. For children, adolescents, or young adults who, due to their disability, are unable to move independently, transportation to the school or therapy center is organized by the relevant school.

1. Providers of special needs educational services can be either the canton or private entities.

2. If private entities provide special needs educational services, the government council shall enter into a program agreement with the respective organization. This agreement is to ensure, among other things, that the provider complies with educational legislation.

3. The providers of special needs educational services are subject to the supervision of the Education Council.

1. The Educational Council regulates the procedure for the assessment and assignment of students to the special education program.

1. The canton shall bear the costs of the special educational provision, insofar as they are not to be borne by the municipalities or the parents.

2. It is required that the corresponding measure has been approved by the competent authority of the canton or ordered by the Child and Adult Protection Authority (CAPA).

1. The municipalities bear the costs for supplementary individual measures in regular class education according to Article 3, letter e.

1. The affected municipality contributes to the costs of measures as per Article 3 letters f and g with the following flat-rate contributions per case and year

a) Special school instruction in special schools: 25,000 Swiss francs

b) Partially residential or residential accommodation in homes: 35,000 Swiss francs

2. For stays lasting less than a year, the flat-rate contribution is reduced proportionally.

3. The municipalities pay their contributions to the canton.

4. The government council may adjust the flat-rate contributions according to paragraph 1 letters a and b based on the development of costs.

1. Parents are required to make a reasonable contribution to the costs of care and maintenance. The government council determines the amount of this contribution.

1. The Government Council and, as specified by this ordinance, the Education Council shall execute this ordinance.

1. The following legal enactments are repealed

a) Ordinance of April 18, 1984, regarding contributions to special schools

b) Ordinance of April 24, 1991, regarding pedagogical-therapeutic school services

1. This ordinance is subject to an optional referendum.

2. The Government Council determines when it shall enter into force. It may implement it in stages.