20-504A. STATE JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL CENTERS -- PURPOSES -- POWERS AND
DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIRECTOR. (1) The purposes of a juvenile
correctional center shall be:
(a) The care, control and competency development of adjudicated juve-
nile 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 juvenile offenders subject to administrative or court or-
der;
(c) The provision of observation and assessment services for juvenile
offenders committed to the department of juvenile corrections; and
(d) To accept for placement those individuals sentenced to a state
juvenile correctional center by a district court, or pursuant to agree-
ment 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 correctional centers and any other secure or nonsecure
facilities holding juvenile offenders committed to it as required by the ju-
venile corrections act.
(3) The department shall assure that the educational programs of state
juvenile correctional centers are in compliance with educational standards
that are approved by the Idaho state board of education or an accrediting as-
sociation recognized by the Idaho state board of education.
(4) The department shall have the power to promulgate rules in accor-
dance with the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, for the admin-
istration and operation of state juvenile correctional centers.
(5) The director shall have the power:
(a) To employ, fix the salary and prescribe the duties of a superinten-
dent for each juvenile correctional center. The superintendent shall
be a nonclassified employee and shall serve at the pleasure of the di-
rector. 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 correctional center for cause
or as allowed by chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code;
(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 prop-
erty, 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.
[20-504A, added 1997, ch. 83, sec. 3, p. 198; am. 2012, ch. 19, sec.
5, p. 44.]