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334.003 Definitions for chapter
334.005 Mission; purpose; accountability
334.010 Creation of education service districts
334.013 Composition of education service districts
334.015 Withdrawal of school district; effective date
334.017 Interview requirements for school district that withdraws
334.019 Rejoining of school district; effective date
334.022 Prohibition on distinction in state funding between multicounty and single county districts
334.025 Number of board members; election; local advisory committees
334.032 Zones; representation of counties within district
334.035 Nomination of candidates
334.045 Election procedure
334.090 Term; eligibility; election of successors; vacancies
334.095 Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal; recall
334.100 Organization of board; meetings; quorum; compensation
(Pilot Education Service Districts)
334.105 Definitions for ORS 334.108 to 334.115
334.108 Number of board members; election or appointment; zones; selection of successors; vacancies
334.112 Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal
334.115 Legislative report
334.125 Status of board; powers and duties; rules
334.127 Title of real property when district ceases or school district withdraws
334.145 Office space provided by county; rent; additional space; purchase of required space; providing space
334.175 Core services; local service plan
Note Legislative report--2013 c.751 §9
334.217 Standards of adequacy of services and facilities; plans for nonstandard districts; effect of failure to comply; sanctions; rules
334.219 Report on performance and finances; distribution and accessibility of report
334.225 Superintendent; duties; compensation
334.240 District budget; budget committee; audits
334.285 Apportionment of taxes; split between elementary and secondary school purposes
334.293 Direct ad valorem tax required to pay bonds
334.550 Effects of reorganization
334.690 State board as boundary board; criteria for reorganization; filing boundary change
334.710 Petition; review by state board; notice; hearing
334.720 State board order; effective date
334.730 Joint meeting; zoning; election of new directors
334.740 Nomination
334.750 Term of office
334.760 Power of new board prior to existence of new district
334.770 Power of new board generally
334.003 Definitions for chapter. For purposes of this chapter:
(b) Is not withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015.
(2) “Education service district” means a district created under ORS 334.010 that provides regional educational services to component school districts.
334.010 Creation of education service districts. There is created in each region a district to be known as the education service district to consist of the counties and the area of the common school districts as listed in ORS 334.013, with a governing body thereof to be known as the education service district board. [Amended by 1961 c.153 §1; subsections (3) and (4) enacted as 1961 c.153 §2; 1963 c.544 §29; 1965 c.100 §170; 1977 c.481 §1; 1993 c.784 §2]
334.013 Composition of education service districts. (1) On and after the effective date of the order entered under section 25, chapter 784, Oregon Laws 1993, except as the boundaries of an education service district may be changed by merger under ORS 334.710 to 334.770 or other provision of law, the education service districts are as follows:
(2) Where a boundary change or formation of a component school district results in a joint school district, the joint school district shall be included in the education service district in which the joint district’s administrative office is located. [Formerly 334.020]
334.017 Interview requirements for school district that withdraws. (1) A school district that withdraws from an education service district as provided by ORS 334.015 and that seeks to fill a vacant position of employment shall interview persons who:
(3) The interview requirement described in this section does not apply to the superintendent of the education service district or to any other administrators, as defined in ORS 342.120, of the education service district.
334.019 Rejoining of school district; effective date. (1) A school district board that withdrew a school district from an education service district as provided in ORS 334.015 may choose to rejoin the school district to the education service district.
334.020 [Amended by 1957 c.678 §2; 1963 c.544 §30; 1965 c.100 §171; 1975 c.770 §39; 1993 c.784 §3; 1995 c.611 §6; renumbered 334.013 in 2011]
334.022 Prohibition on distinction in state funding between multicounty and single county districts. In adopting any rule relating to the distribution of state funds to education service districts, the State Board of Education shall not make any distinction based on the administrative structure of multicounty education service districts and the administrative structure of single county education service districts. [1993 c.784 §38]
334.095 Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal; recall. (1) The education service district board shall declare the office of a director vacant when the incumbent:
(2) The education service district board may not declare the office of a director vacant if the director is a resident of a school district that withdraws from the education service district as provided by ORS 334.015 unless:
(5) Members may be recalled in the manner provided in ORS 249.865 to 249.877. If the member was elected by a zone, the recall petition shall be signed by electors from that zone and electors from the zone are the only electors eligible to vote in the recall election. If the member was elected at large, the recall petition shall be signed by electors from the district and electors from the district are eligible to vote in the recall election. [1981 c.131 §§7,8; 1993 c.784 §10; 2003 c.576 §435; 2011 c.705 §5; 2012 c.91 §10]
334.105 Definitions for ORS 334.108 to 334.115.
As used in ORS 334.108 to 334.115, “pilot education service district” means:
Note: 334.105 to 334.115 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 334 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
334.108 Number of board members; election or appointment; zones; selection of successors; vacancies. (1) Notwithstanding ORS chapter 334, the board of directors of a pilot education service district shall consist of nine members as follows:
(a) Five directors shall represent zones established under ORS 334.032 and shall be elected by the boards of the component school districts; and
Note: See note under 334.105.
334.112 Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal. (1) ORS 334.095 does not apply to a pilot education service district. However, the board of directors of a pilot education service district shall declare the office of a director vacant when the incumbent:
(2) Except for a reason described in subsection (1) of this section, the board of directors of a pilot education service district may not declare vacant prior to June 30, 2013, the office of a director who is a resident of a school district that withdraws from the pilot education service district as provided by ORS 334.015.
334.115 Legislative report. Each pilot education service district shall biennially report to the interim legislative committees relating to education on the governance structure of the board of the pilot education service district prior to October 1 of each even-numbered year. [2005 c.828 §13; 2007 c.589 §4]
334.125 Status of board; powers and duties; rules. (1) The education service district is a body corporate.
(c) Budget and tax levying duties, including the levying of taxes under ORS 280.060;
(d) Contracting a bonded indebtedness and levying direct ad valorem taxes on all taxable property within the education service district in the manner that component school districts are authorized to issue bonds and levy taxes under ORS 328.205 to 328.304 and other laws applicable to the issuance of bonds and levying of taxes by school districts; and
(e) Creating a county education bond district under ORS 328.304 from a county within the district.
(a) May provide services required by the local service plan developed pursuant to ORS 334.175;
(c) Shall provide funds as specified in ORS 327.019 (9) to a school district located within the territory of the education service district that has withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015; and
(d) For the purpose of providing services consistent with the local service plan, may enter into contracts with school districts that have withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015 or that are located outside the territory of the education service district.
334.127 Title of real property when district ceases or school district withdraws. (1) Whenever an education service district ceases to exist, its real property shall pass to the successor district, which is authorized to treat the property in the same manner as did the predecessor district.
(2) Whenever a school district withdraws from an education service district as provided in ORS 334.015, the school district and education service district shall determine the disposition of any real property of the education service district that is located within the boundaries of the school district. If the school district and the education service district are unable to agree on how to dispose of the real property, the education service district shall retain the property. [1975 c.477 §7; 2011 c.705 §9]
334.175 Core services; local service plan. (1) An education service district shall provide regionalized core services to component school districts. The goals of these services are to:
(d) Administrative and support services for component school districts, including but not limited to services designed to consolidate component school district business functions, liaison services between the Department of Education and component school districts and registration of children being taught by private teachers, parents or legal guardians pursuant to ORS 339.035.
334.177 Expenditure of percentage of amounts received on services. (1) As used in this section, “local revenues of an education service district” has the meaning given that term in ORS 327.019 but does not include any local revenues distributed under ORS 327.019 (8).
(2) An education service district board shall expend at least 90 percent of all amounts received from the State School Fund and at least 90 percent of all amounts considered to be local revenues of an education service district on services or programs that have been approved by the component school districts of the education service district through the resolution process described in ORS 334.175.
(3)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the school district board of a school district that is located in a region described in ORS 334.013 (1)(a), (e) or (i) may request in writing that a percentage of the amounts identified in subsection (2) of this section be distributed to the school district for any purpose identified by the school district board.
(b) A school district board that makes a request under paragraph (a) of this subsection:
(A) Must make the request to the education service district board by November 1 of the year prior to the school year for which the request is being made; and
(B) Must designate the percentage of the amounts identified in subsection (2) of this section that will be distributed to the school district.
(c) The education service district board:
(A) Shall approve a request submitted as provided by this subsection; and
(B) Shall determine the amounts attributable to the school district and eligible for distribution based on the weighted average daily membership (ADMw) of the school district for which the request was made.
(d) For each school year for which a school district receives a distribution as provided by this subsection:
(A) The school district may act only in an advisory capacity for decisions made in relation to the governance of the education service district if the school district board designates a percentage under paragraph (a) of this subsection that is greater than 50 percent but less than 100 percent; and
(B) Notwithstanding ORS 334.015 and 334.019, the school district shall be considered to have withdrawn from the education service district in the manner provided by ORS 334.015 if the school district board designates a percentage under paragraph (a) of this subsection that is 100 percent.
(4) An education service district board shall expend 100 percent of all amounts received from the School Improvement Fund on services or programs that have been approved by the component school districts of the education service district through the resolution process described in ORS 334.175.
(5) The expenditure requirements of this section apply only to amounts retained by the education service district after making any distributions required under ORS 327.019 (9). [2001 c.695 §27; 2001 c.695 §29; 2007 c.578 §4; 2009 c.705 §1; 2011 c.705 §11; 2013 c.751 §§1,3,5]
Note: The amendments to 334.177 by section 5, chapter 751, Oregon Laws 2015, become operative July 1, 2016, and first apply to expenditures occurring for the 2016-2017 school year. See section 6, chapter 751, Oregon Laws 2015. The text that is operative until July 1, 2016, is set forth for the user’s convenience.
334.177. (1) As used in this section, “local revenues of an education service district” has the meaning given that term in ORS 327.019 but does not include any local revenues distributed under ORS 327.019 (8).
(3)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the school district board of a school district that is located in a region described in ORS 334.013 (1)(a), (e) or (i) may request in writing that a percentage of the amounts identified in subsection (2) of this section be distributed to the school district for any purpose identified by the school district board. The percentage requested as provided by this paragraph may not exceed:
(A) Seventy-five percent of all amounts received from the State School Fund and attributable to the school district and 75 percent of all amounts considered to be local revenues of the education service district and attributable to the school district; or
(B) Eighty-five percent of all amounts received from the State School Fund and attributable to the school district and 85 percent of all amounts considered to be local revenues of the education service district and attributable to the school district, if the school district board is able to provide evidence that the school district meets the expenditure requirement described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.
(b) A school district board may request the percentage identified in paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection if the school district expends at least the difference between paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection and paragraph (a)(A) of this subsection on services from one or more education service districts other than the education service district in which the school district is located.
(c) A school district board that makes a request under paragraph (a) of this subsection:
(d) The education service district board:
(e) For each school year for which a school district receives a distribution as provided by this subsection, the school district may act only in an advisory capacity for decisions made in relation to the governance of the education service district if the school district board designates a percentage under paragraph (a) of this subsection that is greater than 50 percent.
(5) The expenditure requirements of this section apply only to amounts retained by the education service district after making any distributions required under ORS 327.019 (9).
Note: Section 9, chapter 751, Oregon Laws 2013, provides:
Sec. 9. Legislative report. Representatives of the education service districts of the regions identified in ORS 334.177 (3)(a) and representatives of any school districts that make a request for a distribution of amounts as provided in ORS 334.177 (3) shall submit a report to the interim legislative committees related to education no later than November 1, 2016. [2013 c.751 §9]
334.185 Entrepreneurial services and facilities. (1) An education service district may provide entrepreneurial services and facilities to public and private entities and to school districts that are not component school districts of the education service district if:
(a) The services are part of the local service plan developed pursuant to ORS 334.175;
(2) An education service district must submit entrepreneurial services and facilities to component school districts for approval to ensure that component school districts receive information about the costs and benefits of providing services and facilities, including identification of the funding sources for the services and facilities and an explanation of whether any moneys received from the State School Fund or local revenues of the education service district, as defined in ORS 327.019, may be required to finance the services or facilities.
(3) Pupils residing in school districts that are not component school districts of an education service district but that receive entrepreneurial services or use facilities under this section may not be included in the computation of the percentage required by ORS 334.175 (5)(b).
(4) Entrepreneurial services and facilities may be provided under contract or on a reimbursable basis. Expenditures by the education service district board for entrepreneurial services and facilities provided on a reimbursable basis under this section shall be limited to the moneys received for the purpose specified and are not subject to the Local Budget Law (ORS 294.305 to 294.565) but are subject to an annual financial report to the component school districts.
(b) The sanctions described in ORS 342.173, if applicable;
334.219 Report on performance and finances; distribution and accessibility of report. (1) No later than October 1 of each year, the board of directors of an education service district shall produce an annual report related to the performance and the finances of the education service district for the previous school year. The purpose of the report is to provide information to parents, component school districts and the Department of Education and to improve education service districts through greater involvement of persons who are interested in the success of education service districts.
(c) Services provided by the education service district, and how those services align with the goals described in ORS 334.175 and the local service plan developed for the education service district;
(g) The education service district’s revenue and expenditures, including employee salary information.
334.225 Superintendent; duties; compensation.
(1) The education service district board shall employ a superintendent who must hold an administrative license as a superintendent. The superintendent shall serve as the board’s executive officer, give an official bond or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, and have the duties prescribed by the board and the laws of this state. The board shall fix the term and compensation of the superintendent, provide office room for the superintendent and allow all of the superintendent’s necessary traveling expenses.
(2) The education service district board shall designate the superintendent as the district clerk. The board may appoint qualified persons as deputies to the superintendent to perform the duties required of the district clerk by law or by the board. [Formerly 334.120; 1975 c.278 §9; 1975 c.477 §9a; 1983 c.379 §9; 1985 c.195 §1; 1991 c.331 §56; 1997 c.631 §462; 2011 c.705 §28; 2015 c.245 §44]
334.240 District budget; budget committee; audits. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the education service district board shall be subject in all respects to ORS 294.305 to 294.565, except that in addition to other qualifications, members of the budget committee who are not members of the education service district board shall be members of component school district boards within the education service district or shall be designees of a school district board.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 294.414 and 294.423, a majority of the members of the budget committee of an education service district must consist of members of the component school district boards or designees of a school district board. The budget committee may meet to conduct business if the education service district board is unable to fill all of the positions on the budget committee.
(3) The budget committee shall prepare a budget for the operational and administrative expenses of the education service district. The budget shall include amounts necessary to provide services required by the local service plan of the district developed under ORS 334.175. The budget must be adopted by the board of the education service district.
(4) The board of the education service district shall ensure that an annual audit of the accounts of the education service district is prepared in accordance with the Municipal Audit Law, as provided in ORS 297.405 to 297.555 and 297.990. [1957 c.678 §12; 1963 c.544 §37; 1965 c.100 §185; 1981 c.131 §10; 1993 c.784 §16a; 1995 c.611 §17; 1999 c.1054 §2; 2005 c.828 §5; 2011 c.705 §12]
334.270 [1957 c.678 §13(3); 1957 s.s. c.4 §1(3); 1965 c.100 §188; 1977 c.840 §10; 1993 c.784 §33; repealed by 2005 c.209 §39]
334.293 Direct ad valorem tax required to pay bonds. Notwithstanding ORS 334.240 and 334.285, each education service district shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the education service district sufficient to pay the maturing interest and principal of all education service district bonds promptly when and as the payments become due. The board in each year shall include the taxes in the education service district budget for that year. [1995 c.333 §13; 2005 c.209 §20]
334.295 [Formerly 334.230 and then 334.540; 1965 c.100 §191; repealed by 1977 c.840 §19]
334.350 [1957 c.678 §15(1); 1965 c.100 §196; 1993 c.784 §16b; 2003 c.226 §14; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.353 [1993 c.784 §32; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.360 [1957 c.678 §15(2); 1965 c.100 §197; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.370 Emergency aid fund. The education service district board may include in its own budget, adopted pursuant to ORS 334.240, an emergency aid fund for use, at the discretion of the board, in aiding school districts within the education service district with emergency expenses unforeseen at the time of making the budget of such districts. The emergency aid fund shall not exceed five percent of the combined budget of all districts included in such education service district. [1957 c.678 §15(2); 1965 c.100 §198]
334.380 [1957 c.678 §15(3),(4); 1965 c.100 §199; 1991 c.780 §20; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.390 [1957 c.678 §15(5); 1965 c.100 §200; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.400 [1957 c.678 §15(6); 1963 c.544 §38; 1965 c.100 §201; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.410 [1957 c.678 §16; 1965 c.100 §202; 1975 c.770 §43; 1997 c.541 §374; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.450 [1957 c.678 §17; 1965 c.100 §203; 1983 c.350 §183; 1983 c.610 §5a; 1987 c.267 §75; 1993 c.784 §§34,35; 1995 c.712 §106; 1997 c.541 §375; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.460 [1983 c.610 §5b; 1997 c.541 §376; repealed by 2001 c.695 §38]
334.550 Effects of reorganization. (1) As used in this section:
334.800 [2011 c.705 §31; repealed by 2013 c.577 §5]
334.820 [2011 c.705 §32; repealed by 2013 c.577 §5]