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ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.300. Definitions for ORS 327.300 to 327.320. As used in ORS 327.300 to 327.320: (1) Construction includes land acquisition, planning, design, construction, remodeling, altering, furnishing and equipping public school facilities. (2) Maintenance includes repairing, replacement and other capital maintenance but does not include cleaning. (3) Public school facility includes facilities used for classroom instruction, multipurpose activities, libraries or any other use associated with public education in preschool through grade 12, and includes facilities that may be used by more than one school district. (4) School district means a common or union high school district, an education service district or any combination thereof.
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.310. Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The construction and maintenance of public school facilities accomplish the purpose of creating jobs and furthering economic development in Oregon by, among other advantages: (a) Furnishing an important element of the public school system that provides the basic framework for continuing and expanding economic activity in the state; (b) Alleviating the congestion and crowding associated with, and reducing the burdens of expansion and maintenance of, existing public school facilities, as well as reducing energy consumption; and (c) Creating employment opportunities through the funding of projects for the development and construction of public school facilities. (2) Based on the legislative findings described in this section, the use of a portion of the net proceeds from the operation of the state lottery funds under section 4 (3), Article XV of the Oregon Constitution and ORS 461.510 creates jobs and furthers economic development.
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.320. School Facility Improvement Fund. There is hereby created the School Facility Improvement Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The fund shall be an investment fund for purposes of ORS 293.701 to 293.857. Moneys in the fund are appropriated continuously for the purpose of carrying out ORS
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.330. Grants to school districts for construction and maintenance of public school facilities; rules. (1) Subject to the rules of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make grants to school districts that apply therefor for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public school facilities. (2) Grants shall not exceed $500,000 in any biennium to any school district. In addition, a combination of districts may submit a joint grant application in an amount not to exceed $500,000. However, a district or combination thereof may apply in subsequent bienniums for additional grants for the same facility. Grants must be matched at least one local dollar for four state dollars by the district or combination thereof. (3) The state board by rule shall establish criteria for grant approval. Such criteria shall include but not be limited to: (a) The age of public school facilities, the degree of overcrowding and the absence of facilities that are considered necessary to accomplish the educational goals of the district and this state; and (b) Maintenance and reconstruction needs related to the deterioration of existing public school facilities, which deterioration has the potential of affecting the health and safety of students. [1993 c.765 123] (Student Transportation Grants)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.333. Policy on provision of grants to school districts. The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to provide substantial equity in opportunity among school districts in which electors support local option taxes for primary and secondary education. This policy will be accomplished by providing grant supplements to those districts that enact local option taxes and that have lower property wealth per student.
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.339. Local Option Equalization Grants Account; grant payments. (1) The Local Option Equalization Grants Account is created in the General Fund. (2) From the biennial legislative appropriation to the Local Option Equalization Grants Account to fund the local option equalization grant program described in ORS 327.336, amounts necessary to make the grant payments are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of making these payments. (3) The department shall make estimated local option equalization grant payments to school districts entitled to such payments under ORS 327.336 on or before March 31 of each fiscal year. (4) If the estimated local option equalization grant payment does not equal the actual local option equalization grant to which a school district is entitled under ORS 327.336, the department shall determine the increase or decrease needed to correct the amount of the grant and may incorporate the correction into a state school fund grant made to the district. The correction may be made in any state school fund grant made during the fiscal year in which the estimated grant payment was made or in the next succeeding fiscal year. (5) If the amount of moneys available in the Local Option Equalization Grants Account is insufficient to make the payments required under ORS 327.336 and this section, the payments shall be proportionally reduced so that the state does not accrue a debt in making these payments. [2001 c.896 3] (Title I School Grants)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.341. Grants to provide instructional time during summer; rules. (1) In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall make grants to improve student achievement in schools that: (a) Are considered high poverty under Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (b) The department has identified as having a significant achievement gap between historically underserved students groups and other student groups pursuant to standards adopted by the State Board of Education; and (c) The department has identified as needing additional supports and interventions based on: (A) Criteria used by the Department of Education to measure the performance of the schools; and (B) The schools performance ranking compared to similar schools. (2) The department shall identify schools to receive grants as provided in this section and shall notify the identified schools of the schools eligibility to receive grants as provided in this section. (3) Moneys received by a school under this section must be used to provide instructional time during a summer program. The summer program must provide at least 60 hours of direct academic instruction by a teacher licensed under ORS 342.125 or by an instructional assistant, as defined in ORS 342.120. (4) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section. [2019 c.122 43] (English Language Learners)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.344. Statewide English Language Learner Program Account. (1) The Statewide English Language Learner Program Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Statewide English Language Learner Program Account shall be credited to the General Fund. (2) Moneys in the Statewide English Language Learner Program Account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for statewide activities related to English language learner programs. (3) The Department of Education, on behalf of the State of Oregon, may solicit and accept gifts, grants or donations from public and private sources for English language learner programs. Moneys received under this subsection shall be deposited into the Statewide English Language Learner Program Account. [2015 c.604 9] Note:
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.345. Grants for training English language learner teachers; qualifications; use; rules. (1) As used in this section, ELL student means a student who is eligible for and enrolled in an English language learner program under ORS 336.079. (2) In addition to distributing moneys through the State School Fund, the Department of Education may award grants to school districts for the costs of training English language learner teachers. (3) The grants shall be available to any school district: (a) In which three percent or more of the students enrolled are ELL students; (b) That serves ELL students or bilingual students within a large geographic area in the district; (c) That has a high growth, as defined by rule of the State Board of Education, of ELL students or bilingual students in any school year; or (d) That can demonstrate extraordinary need, as defined by rule of the board, for English language learner teachers or training for English language learner teachers. (4) A school district that receives a grant under this section may use the grant to reimburse teachers for tuition costs associated with completing an English language learner or a bilingual teaching program. (5) The department may seek and accept gifts, grants and donations from any source and federal funds for the purpose of carrying out the grant program under this section. (6) The board may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of the grant program. The rules adopted by the board shall include a method for determining the grant amount that a qualified school district may receive under this section. [2001 c.951 1; 2015 c.604 14] (High Cost Disabilities Grants)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.348. High Cost Disabilities Account; grants; approved costs; rules. (1) There is established within the State School Fund a High Cost Disabilities Account. (2) Each fiscal year, the Department of Education shall distribute moneys from the account to school districts as high cost disabilities grants. A school district may receive moneys from the account if the school district has a resident pupil with a disability for whom the approved costs to the school district of providing special education and related services, as determined under subsection (4) of this section, exceed $30,000. (3) The amount of moneys received by a school district under this section for each resident pupil with a disability shall equal the approved costs, as determined under subsection (4) of this section, incurred by the school district in providing special education and related services to the pupil minus $30,000. (4) The department shall determine the approved costs incurred by a school district in providing special education and related services to a pupil with a disability. The approved costs incurred by a school district may include costs incurred by an education service district of providing special education and related services to the school district through the resolution process described in ORS 334.175. In determining the approved costs for which a school district may receive moneys under this section, the department shall consider: (a) How efficiently the special education and related services are provided by the school district; and (b) The use of available resources by the school district. (5) If the total approved costs for which school districts are seeking moneys from the account exceed the amount in the account in any fiscal year, the department shall prorate the amount of moneys available for distribution in the account among those school districts that are eligible for moneys from the account. (6) The department shall distribute any moneys in the account that are not distributed under this section in any fiscal year to school districts based on ORS 327.008 and 327.013. (7) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section.
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.355. [2005 c.803 4; repealed by 2007 c.846 18] (Small School District Grants)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.356. Definitions for ORS 327.356 and 327.358. As used in this section and ORS 327.358: (1)(a) Small high school means a public school that is operated by a small school district and that has students in: (A) Grades 9 through 12, with an ADM of less than 350 in grades 9 through 12; or (B) Grades 10 through 12 only, with an ADM of less than 267. (b) Small high school does not include an alternative education program or a public charter school. (2) Small school district means a school district with a weighted average daily membership (ADMw) of less than 9,500. [2013 c.735 1; 2021 c.355 11] Note:
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.358. Small school district grants; rules. (1) In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award grants to small school districts with one or more small high schools from moneys appropriated to the department from the Small School District Supplement Fund. (2) The amount of each grant = the small high schools ADM (the total amount available for the grants in each fiscal year the total ADM of all small high schools). (3) A small school district shall receive a grant under this section for each small high school operated by the school district. (4) Notwithstanding the ADMw requirements of ORS 327.356 (2), if two or more school districts merge and, prior to the merger, at least one of the school districts qualified as a small school district under ORS 327.356 and the school district received a grant for one or more small high schools as provided under this section, the Department of Education shall continue to award a grant to the school district for each high school that qualified as a small high school prior to the merger even if the district no longer satisfies the ADMw requirements of ORS 327.356 (2) as long as the high school continues to satisfy the ADM requirements identified in ORS 327.356 (1). (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section. [2013 c.735 2; 2023 c.332 2] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.359. Small School District Supplement Fund. (1) There is established the Small School District Supplement Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. (2) The moneys in the Small School District Supplement Fund are appropriated continuously to the Department of Education for purposes of the grant program created by ORS 327.358. [2013 c.735 3] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.360. [2005 c.803 3; repealed by 2007 c.846 18] (Public Charter School Grants)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.362. Grants to public charter schools to increase academic achievement for students who have historically experienced academic disparities or who are disabled; report; rules. (1) As used in this section: (a) ADMw means weighted average daily membership, as calculated under ORS
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.365. Automated external defibrillator grants; rules. (1) As used in this section, public school facility means a building or premanufactured structure used by a school district or public charter school to provide educational services to children. (2) In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education may award grants to school districts and public charter schools to provide automated external defibrillators in public school facilities. (3) The goal of the grant program is to provide automated external defibrillators in at least two public school facilities in each school district. (4) Each school district and public charter school may apply for a grant under this section. The amount of any grant received by a school district or public charter school under this section may not exceed 60 percent of the actual costs for which grant funds may be used under subsection (5) of this section. (5) Any school district or public charter school that receives grant funds under this section shall use the funds for: (a) Purchasing or leasing automated external defibrillators to be placed in public school facilities; (b) Providing training to school district and public charter school employees and volunteers on the use of automated external defibrillators; and (c) Any other expense related to providing automated external defibrillators in public school facilities if the expense is approved by the Department of Education. (6) The State Board of Education may adopt rules: (a) To establish criteria for awarding grants based on the goal set forth in subsection (3) of this section; (b) To determine the amount of each grant pursuant to subsection (4) of this section; and (c) That are necessary for the administration of this section. (7) The Department of Education shall seek federal grant funds for the purposes of the grant program. (8) For purposes of the grant program, the Department of Education may accept contributions of funds and assistance from the United States Government and its agencies or from any other source, public or private, and agree to conditions placed on the funds not inconsistent with the purposes of the grant program. (9) All funds received by the Department of Education under this section shall be paid into the Department of Education Account established in ORS 326.115 to the credit of the grant program. [2005 c.551 4] (Grants to Assist Students to Graduate)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.367. Early warning system; grants; rules. (1) In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award grants from the Statewide Education Initiatives Account to school districts to implement the early warning system described in this section that assist students in graduating from high school. (2)(a) A system funded by a grant awarded under this section must enable school districts, students, students families, educators, school counselors and community organizations to take necessary corrective actions to assist students in graduating from high school. (b) Corrective actions that may be taken must be based on research on graduation rates and on reports of individual students related to: (A) The students attendance; (B) The students behavior at school; (C) The students academic or skill progress; and (D) Any other factors identified by the State Board of Education by rule. (3) The department shall assist school districts that may apply for a grant under this section, that have applied for a grant under this section or that have received a grant under this section, as appropriate, by: (a) Providing technical assistance to school districts to ensure that the school districts understand the goals and objectives of the system; (b) Assisting school districts in developing expertise in assisting students in graduating from high school and developing a culture that encourages and assists students in graduating from high school; (c) Identifying meaningful predictive indicators of high school graduation; (d) Developing local communication systems among students, students families, educators and community organizations to assist students in graduating from high school; (e) Identifying and developing interventions at school, at home and in the community to meet students needs; and (f) Reviewing existing policies and practices to: (A) Expand policies and practices that encourage high school graduation; and (B) Eliminate or modify policies and practices that may provide a disincentive to graduate from high school. (4) The amount of each grant awarded under this section shall equal the school districts ADM as defined in ORS 327.006 $3. (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary for the administration of the grants described in this section. [2019 c.122 46] (STEM and CTE Programs)
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.376. Connecting Education to Careers Account. The Connecting Education to Careers Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Connecting Education to Careers Account shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for distribution as provided by ORS
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.380. Application for grant; evaluation of application. (1) The STEM Investment Grant Program is established to provide funding to school districts, community colleges and public universities listed in ORS 352.002 to advance the goals described in ORS 326.500 (2). (2) The STEM Investment Council shall evaluate grant applications and make recommendations on the applications to the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Department of Education shall distribute moneys for the grant program and otherwise administer the grant program. (3)(a) An application for a grant awarded under this section may be submitted by: (A) A school district; (B) A community college district; (C) A public university; (D) The Department of Education; (E) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission; (F) Any other state agency; or (G) Any combination of entities identified in this paragraph that are organized as a partnership or a regional effort to improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering or mathematics. (b) A grant awarded under this section may be used for: (A) Classroom or extracurricular activities that further the development of skills related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics; or (B) A project that is related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics and that involves collaboration with a private entity. (4) When evaluating applications for a grant, the council: (a) Shall give priority to applications for activities or projects that produce the largest impact at the lowest cost or for the greatest number of students throughout this state, including grants for activities or projects that: (A) Are determined by the council to be likely to become self-supporting within three years; (B) Expand evidence-based, effective practices in science, technology, engineering or mathematics; (C) Can be replicated by other entities in this state; (D) Show evidence of attracting matching funds; (E) If the applicant is an entity identified in subsection (3)(a)(A) to (C) of this section, have demonstrable support from the governing body of the entity; (F) Help improve access by underrepresented groups to activities that involve science, technology, engineering or mathematics; or (G) Are elements of a partnership or a regional effort to improve student achievement in science, technology, engineering or mathematics; (b) May give priority to applications for activities or projects that benefit students in more than one student group among students in kindergarten through grade 12, students in community colleges and students in universities; (c) Shall attempt to achieve a balance, as determined by the council, among grants that are awarded for the sole benefit of students in kindergarten through grade 12, students in community colleges and students in universities; and (d) Shall take into consideration geographic and demographic diversity. [2013 c.739 7; 2013 c.739 8; 2015 c.366 76,77; 2015 c.767 100,101] Note:
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.385. STEM Investment Grant Account. The STEM Investment Grant Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the STEM Investment Grant Account shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the STEM Investment Grant Program established by ORS 327.380. [2013 c.739 9] Note: See note under
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.403. Definition for ORS 327.405 to 327.480. As used in ORS 327.405 to 327.480, unless the context requires otherwise, administrative office for the county means the administrative office of the education service district or of any common school district that includes an entire county.