It is the purpose of ORS 326.712 (Superintendent may contract with district to provide programs) and 327.026 (State School Fund grant for programs) and this section that youths enrolled in the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program administered by the Department of Education be treated as nearly the same as practicable in the distribution of the State School Fund as children enrolled in common and union high school districts in this state. [Formerly 420.405; 2001 c.681 §3]