People v. D.D.

In this case we determine whether a trial court has the authority to order a school district to pay the educational portion of a delinquent minor’s residential placement. D.D. was adjudicated a delinquent minor and was placed on probation. Subsequently, the juvenile court placed D.D. at the Heritage Center (the Center) in Utah. Oak Park — River Forest High School District 200 (Oak Park or the school district), D.D.’s resident school district, objected to an order compelling it to pay for the educational component of D.D.’s residential placement at the Center. The appellate court reversed,…