How many students are court-ordered to separate juvenile justice facilities and how are their educational services provides?
Approximately 15,000 youth are committed to the Department by the local judiciary and placed in mandatory day treatment or residential commitment programs. Providers with DJJ contracts administer approximately 95% of the 130 programs. Of these, approximately fifty percent incorporate public school employees in partnership with their local district and the remaining program administrators contract with the public schools for funding to employ their instructional personnel. The state operates 100% of the regional juvenile detention centers and approximately five percent of its residential programs.
Approximately 13,000 youth are committed to the Department by the local judiciary and placed in mandatory day treatment or residential commitment programs. Providers with DJJ contracts administer approximately 95% of the 130 programs. Of these, approximately fifty percent incorporate public school employees in partnership with their local district and the remaining program administrators contract with the public schools for funding to employ their instructional personnel. The state operates 100% of the regional juvenile detention centers and approximately five percent of its residential programs.
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