Section 1300 indicates that one or more individual standards may be eliminated without compromising standards not the subject of legislative change. Should case law cause changes in any regulation, these changes would be incorporated during subsequent standards revisions. Other Standards and Requirements. Local juvenile facilities must not be operated at a level lower than that described by the standards. There is nothing herein to preclude exceeding the standards.
Flexibility is built into the standards to encourage jurisdictions to do so.
The definitions are necessary for a common understanding of facility, design, operations and program elements. The definitions are the basis for determining the applicability of the standards. They create a common frame of reference so that administrators, staff, funding agencies, board of supervisors, city councils, facility inspectors and others can share a common vocabulary relative to issues facing juvenile facilities. Section 1303 Pilot Projects. The processes and applications of the pilot project and alternate means of compliance are slightly different for a facility design and construction than they are for operational issues.