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STATE JUVENILE CORRECTIONS CENTERS -- PURPOSES -- POWERS AND
DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTOR. (1) The purposes of a juvenile
corrections center shall be:
(a) The care, control and competency development of adjudicated juvenile
offenders meeting standards for admission as adopted by the Idaho supreme
court;
(b) The provision pursuant to agreement with the counties of detention
services for juveniles subject to administrative or court order;
(c) The provision of observation and assessment services for juveniles
committed to the department of juvenile corrections; and
(d) To accept for placement those individuals sentenced to a state
juvenile corrections center by a district court, or pursuant to agreement
with the board of correction, subsequent to waiver of juvenile court
jurisdiction.
(2) The department shall administer and provide general oversight of all
state juvenile corrections centers and any other secure or nonsecure
facilities as required by the juvenile corrections act.
(3) The department shall assure that the educational programs of state
juvenile corrections centers are in compliance with educational standards for
secure juvenile facilities which are approved by the Idaho state board of
education or an accrediting association recognized by the Idaho state board of
education.
(4) The department shall have the power to promulgate rules in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, for the
administration and operation of state juvenile corrections centers.
(5) The director shall have the power:
(a) To employ, fix the salary and prescribe the duties of a
superintendent for each juvenile corrections center. The superintendent
shall be a nonclassified employee and shall serve at the pleasure of the
director. With the advice of the director, the superintendent may appoint
and prescribe the duties of assistants, instructors, specialists and other
employees required for the operation of the center;
(b) To remove any employee of a juvenile corrections center for cause;
(c) To ensure that all teachers, except specialists, hold teaching
certificates issued under the authority of the state board of education
which are valid for the grades and subjects taught. All specialists shall
hold diplomas from an accredited school of their specialty;
(d) To have, at all times, general supervision and control of all
property, real and personal, appertaining to the center, and to insure the
same; and
(e) To expend tax moneys appropriated, or otherwise placed to the credit
of the center for maintenance and operation and to account for the same as
prescribed by law.
(6) Wherever the term "State Youth Training Center" or "State Youth
Services Center" shall appear in the Idaho Code it shall mean any state
juvenile corrections center.

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