Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/342.905
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ORS 342.905 - Appeal procedure - 2015 Oregon Revised Statutes
2015 ORS Vol. 9 Chapter 342 Section 342.905
2015 ORS 342.905¹
• arbitration as alternative
(1) If the district school board dismisses the teacher or does not extend the contract of the contract teacher, the teacher or the teacher’s representative may appeal that decision to the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board established under ORS 342.930 (Fair Dismissal Appeals Board) by depositing by certified mail addressed to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and a copy to the superintendent of the school district:
(a) In the case of dismissal, within 10 days, as provided in ORS 174.120 (Computation of time), after receipt of notice of the district school board’s decision, notice of appeal with a brief statement giving the reasons for the appeal.
(b) In the case of a contract nonextension, within 15 days, as provided in ORS 174.120 (Computation of time), after receipt of the written notice of nonextension of a contract, notice of appeal with a brief statement giving the reasons for the appeal.
(2)(a) As soon as practicable after the time the notice of appeal is received by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the superintendent shall appoint a panel of three members from the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board for the purpose of conducting a hearing. Insofar as practicable, the panel shall be selected from those members of the board serving in positions where the average daily membership as determined in ORS 342.930 (Fair Dismissal Appeals Board) most nearly coincides with that of the involved district. The panel shall consist of:
(c) The Department of Education, at the department’s expense, shall provide to the panel appropriate professional and other special assistance reasonably required to conduct a hearing. The panel shall be empowered, on behalf of the contract teacher, the district superintendent and the district school board, to subpoena and swear witnesses and to require witnesses to give testimony and produce relevant evidence at or prior to the hearing.
(e) In a case pending before a panel that involves a teacher’s performance at an Oregon Youth Authority facility, the panel assigned to the case may submit to the Director of the Oregon Youth Authority written questions that the panel unanimously agrees are relevant to the case. The director shall respond to the panel’s questions in writing within 20 days of the director’s receipt of the questions from the panel. If a question by the panel seeks information that is not confidential or privileged under Oregon or federal law, the director shall provide the information requested by the panel. If a question by the panel seeks information that is confidential or privileged under Oregon or federal law, the director, in responding to the question, may not disclose the confidential or privileged information but shall instead explain that the information being sought is confidential or privileged. The procedure outlined in this paragraph is not in lieu of any other mechanism that may be available to the panel or parties for obtaining or presenting evidence.
(b) The Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel shall hold a contested case hearing under ORS chapter 183 within 100 days of the receipt by the teacher of notice of dismissal or of the statement of reasons in the case of contract nonextension. No later than 140 days after the filing of an appeal, consistent with due process, the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel shall prepare and send a written decision to the contract teacher, the district superintendent, the district school board and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The hearing shall be private unless the teacher requests a public hearing. At the hearing, the district and the contract teacher shall have the right to be present and be heard, to be represented by counsel, to present evidence and cross-examine adverse witnesses and to offer evidence that in the panel’s judgment is relevant to the dispute. The panel may take all reasonable steps to require the parties to conclude the hearing in an expeditious manner.
(6) When the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel has completed its hearing, it shall prepare a written decision and send it to the contract teacher, the district superintendent, the district school board and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel shall determine whether the facts relied upon to support the statutory grounds cited for dismissal or nonextension are true and substantiated. If the panel finds these facts true and substantiated, it shall then consider whether such facts, in light of all the circumstances and additional facts developed at the hearing that are relevant to the statutory standards in ORS 342.865 (Grounds for dismissal or contract nonextension of contract teacher) (1), are adequate to justify the statutory grounds cited. In making such determination, the panel shall consider all reasonable written rules, policies and standards of performance adopted by the school district board unless it finds that such rules, policies and standards have been so inconsistently applied as to amount to arbitrariness. The panel shall not reverse the dismissal or nonextension if it finds the facts relied upon are true and substantiated unless it determines, in light of all the evidence and for reasons stated with specificity in its findings and order, that the dismissal or nonextension was unreasonable, arbitrary or clearly an excessive remedy.
(b) So long as the right of the district board under subsection (9) of this section and under ORS 183.480 (Judicial review of agency orders) and 183.500 (Appeals) to judicial review of the action of the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board remains unexpired, the district school board may withhold the reinstated teacher from performance of teaching duties, unless otherwise ordered by the court having jurisdiction of the appeal.
(c) Subject to ORS 342.850 (Teacher evaluation) (9), if the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel determines that the procedures described in ORS 342.850 (Teacher evaluation) (2)(b)(A) to (D) have not been substantially complied with, the teacher may be reinstated with back pay as provided in paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(9) An appeal from action of the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel shall be taken in the manner provided in ORS 183.480 (Judicial review of agency orders).
(10)(a) If both the district board and the teacher or teacher’s representative agree, arbitration may be used as an alternative to a hearing before a Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel to determine if the teacher’s dismissal or nonextension of a contract is in compliance with the standards of ORS 342.805 (Short title) to 342.910 (Waiver of contract grievance claim if appeal of dismissal decision filed). If the teacher or teacher’s representative desires to use the arbitration procedure, the request for arbitration shall be included in the request for appeal that is filed with the Superintendent of Public Instruction under this section. Within 10 days of the time the superintendent of the district is notified of the teacher’s intent to appeal the dismissal or nonextension of a contract, the superintendent of the district shall notify the teacher or teacher’s representative and the Superintendent of Public Instruction as to whether the district has agreed to use the arbitration procedure. If the district determines not to use the arbitration procedure, the hearing procedure shall be continued under this section in the same manner as if no request for arbitration had been made. If the arbitration procedure is used, the teacher has no further rights to a hearing before a Fair Dismissal Appeals Board panel.
(c) In determining whether the district board’s dismissal or nonextension of the teacher should be sustained, the arbitrator shall use the same reasons, rules and levels of evidence as are required for the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board under ORS 342.805 (Short title) to 342.910 (Waiver of contract grievance claim if appeal of dismissal decision filed). [1965 c.608 §12; 1971 c.570 §8; 1973 c.298 §6; 1973 c.612 §14; 1977 c.223 §1; 1977 c.400 §5; 1977 c.881 §6; 1979 c.668 §4; 1987 c.663 §2; 1993 c.236 §1; 1993 c.237 §1; 1993 c.778 §28; 1997 c.864 §13; 2001 c.449 §1; 2003 c.798 §4]
State­ment of reasons for ap­peal is not jurisdic­tional requisite of notice of ap­peal to Fair Dismissals Appeals Board. Hood River School District v. Fogle, 31 Or App 659, 571 P2d 176 (1977)
Where facts relied upon by school board to dismiss teacher were found by Fair Dismissal Appeals Board to be true, Board may not reverse school board ac­tion unless no reasonable school board could have regarded facts as sufficient to support statutory grounds for dismissal. Lincoln County School Dist. v. Mayer, 39 Or App 99, 591 P2d 755 (1979), Sup Ct review denied; Bergerson v. Salem-Keizer School District, 194 Or App 301, 95 P3d 215 (2004), aff'd 341 Or 401, 144 P3d 918 (2006)
Fair Dismissal Appeal Board could, under this sec­tion, consider letter not included in state­ment of charges against peti­tioner as "addi­tional facts developed at hearing." Keene v. Creswell School Dist. No. 40, 56 Or App 801, 643 P2d 407 (1982)
Where Fair Dismissal Appeals Board finds that at least some of facts relied upon by school district are true and substantiated and support cited grounds for dismissal, board is limited to affirming or reversing dismissal. Bergerson v. Salem-Keizer School District, 194 Or App 301, 95 P3d 215 (2004), aff'd 341 Or 401, 144 P3d 918 (2006)
Fair Dismissal Appeals Board may not allow employer to reduce back wages by offsetting unemploy­ment benefits received by employee after wrongful dismissal. Zottola v. Three Rivers School District, 342 Or 118, 149 P3d 1151 (2006)
To determine whether factual allega­tions relied upon by school board are true and substantiated, Fair Dismissal Appeals Board may examine entire evidentiary record. Waisanen v. Clatskanie School District #6J, 229 Or App 563, 215 P3d 882 (2009)