Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-501

juvenile offenders.

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A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall provide intake and

probation services for juveniles in all counties not having a

juvenile bureau and parole services in all counties of the state and

may enter into agreements to supplement probationary services to

juveniles in any county. The Office of Juvenile Affairs may

participate in federal programs for juvenile probation officers, and

may apply for, receive, use and administer federal funds for such

purpose.

B. A preadjudicatory substance abuse assessment of a child may

be conducted in conjunction with a court intake or preliminary

inquiry pursuant to an alleged delinquent act or upon admission to a

juvenile detention facility through the use of diagnostic tools

including, but not limited to, urinalysis, structured interviews or

substance abuse projective testing instruments.

1. Information gained from the substance abuse assessment

pursuant to this subsection shall be used only for substance abuse

treatment and for no other purpose. The results shall not be used

in any evidentiary or fact-finding hearing in a juvenile proceeding

or as the sole basis for the revocation of a community-based

placement or participation in a community-based program.

2. The results of the substance abuse assessment may be given

to the intake, probation or parole counselor of the child, the

parent or guardian of the child or to the attorney of the child. In

accordance with the Juvenile Offender Tracking Program and Section

620.6 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the counselor may also

provide the results of the substance abuse assessment to medical

personnel, therapists, school personnel or others for use in the

treatment and rehabilitation of the child.

C. The Office of Juvenile Affairs and the juvenile bureaus

shall implement:

1. Use of a uniform court intake risk and needs assessment for

children alleged or adjudicated to be delinquent;

2. The imposition of administrative sanctions for the violation

of a condition of probation or parole;

3. A case management system for ensuring appropriate:

a. diversion of youth from the juvenile justice system,

b. services for and supervision of all youth on

preadjudicatory or postadjudicatory probation or on

parole, and for juvenile offenders in the custody of

the Office of Juvenile Affairs, and

c. intensive supervision of juvenile offenders and

communication between law enforcement and juvenile

court personnel and others regarding such offenders;

and

4. Guidelines for juvenile court personnel recommendations to

district attorneys regarding the disposition of individual cases by

district attorneys.

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D. 1. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall establish directly

and by contract, services including, but not limited to:

a. misdemeanor and nonserious first-time offender

programs,

b. tracking and mentor services,

c. weekend detention,

d. five-day out-of-home sanction placements,

e. short-term thirty-day intensive, highly structured

placements,

f. transitional programs,

g. substance abuse treatment and diagnostic and

evaluation programs, and

h. day treatment programs.

2. In implementing these services, the Office of Juvenile

Affairs shall give priority to those areas of the state having the

highest incidences of juvenile crime and delinquency.

E. 1. The following entities shall conduct, upon adjudication

of a child as a delinquent or in need of supervision unless such

child has been previously assessed within the six (6) months prior

to such intake, a literacy skills assessment:

a. the Office of Juvenile Affairs,

b. a first-time offender program within a designated

youth services agency,

c. any metropolitan county juvenile bureau, or

d. any county operating a juvenile bureau.

2. Such assessment shall be conducted through the use of
pervision unless such

child has been previously assessed within the six (6) months prior

to such intake, a literacy skills assessment:

a. the Office of Juvenile Affairs,

b. a first-time offender program within a designated

youth services agency,

c. any metropolitan county juvenile bureau, or

d. any county operating a juvenile bureau.

2. Such assessment shall be conducted through the use of

diagnostic tools which include, but are not limited to:

a. structured interviews,

b. standardized literacy testing instruments which

measure the educational proficiency of the child, and

c. any other measure used to determine:

(1) whether a child is reading at an age-appropriate

level, and

(2) the capacity of the child to read at such level.

3. The results of the literacy skills assessment required

pursuant to this subsection shall be made available to the court by

the district attorney for use in the disposition phase; provided,

however, the results shall not be used in any evidentiary or fact-

finding hearing in a juvenile proceeding to determine whether a

juvenile should be adjudicated. Provided, further, such results

shall not be used as the sole basis for the revocation of a

community-based placement or participation in a community-based

program.

4. a. Upon request, the results of the literacy skills

assessment shall be given to the following:

(1) the child's intake, probation or parole

counselor,

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(2) the parent or guardian of the child, or

(3) the child's attorney.

b. In accordance with the Juvenile Offender Tracking

Program and Section 620.6 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma

Statutes, the counselor may also provide the results

of the literacy skills assessment to therapists,

school personnel or others for use in the training and

rehabilitation of the child.

5. a. If the child is a juvenile placed in an institution or

facility operated by the Office of Juvenile Affairs,

the child shall be assessed and a literacy improvement

program shall be implemented in accordance with

Sections 2-7-601 and 2-7-603 of this title.

b. If the child is adjudicated delinquent or in need of

supervision or is being detained as part of a deferral

of prosecution agreement, deferral to file agreement

or a deferral sentence agreement, and the results of

the literacy skills assessment show that the child is

not reading at an age-appropriate level but has the

capacity to improve his or her reading skills, the

child shall be required to actively participate in a

literacy skills improvement program which may include,

but not be limited to, a program of instruction

through a public or private school, including any

technology center school, of this state or any other

state. The child shall provide documentation of

substantial quantifiable literacy improvement,

sufficient to demonstrate reading proficiency at an

age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate level;

provided, however, failure to demonstrate substantial

quantifiable literacy improvement shall not be the

sole basis for not dismissing a case against a child.