Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 211

Juvenile Courts

←211.322

Section 211.326.1

211.327→

August 28, 2015

State courts administrator--valuation of services, development of standards, processes, guidelines relating to juvenile court--consideration of racial disparity.

211.326. 1. The state courts administrator shall:



(1) Evaluate existing services by establishing performance standards

including performance standards for juvenile courts receiving diversion funds;



(2) Develop standards for orientation training for all new juvenile court

professional personnel, including juvenile officers, deputy juvenile officers

and other personnel deemed necessary by the state courts administrator;



(3) Develop standards for continuing education for existing juvenile

court professional personnel, including juvenile officers, deputy juvenile

officers and other personnel deemed necessary by the state courts

administrator;



(4) Develop a process to evaluate services and collect relevant outcome

data;



(5) Develop a standardized assessment form for classifying juvenile

offenders; and



(6) Develop guidelines for juvenile court judges to use in determining

the length of time a child may be detained prior to informal adjustment or

formal adjudication.



2. Standards, training and assessment forms developed pursuant to

subsection 1 of this section shall be developed considering racial

disparities in the juvenile justice system.



(L. 1995 H.B. 174, et al. § 3)







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