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ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.511. Uniform budget and accounting system. (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule a uniform budget and accounting system for school districts and education service districts. (2) The uniform budget and accounting system shall include uniform definitions for a chart of accounts that shall allow for valid comparisons of expenditures among schools and among districts. The uniform definitions for the chart of accounts shall be developed by the Department of Education in consultation with the Legislative Revenue Officer, the Legislative Fiscal Officer, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services and appropriate organizations that represent kindergarten through grade 12 educational interests. (3) The uniform budget and accounting system shall allow for the gathering of data on separate functions and programs, including but not limited to: (a) Individual school; (b) Grade level; (c) Curriculum area; (d) Class size; and (e) Extracurricular activities. (4) The Department of Education shall place data gathered from the uniform budget and accounting system in a database that includes information that is accessible by the public through the Internet, a personal computer or other similar technology.
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ORS 327.515. [Repealed by 1965 c.100 456] FOOD PROGRAMS
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ORS 327.520. Acceptance and distribution of USDA Foods. (1) As used in this section, USDA Foods means domestic agricultural products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for use in schools and other institutions that provide nutritional services to children. (2) The Department of Education may accept and distribute USDA Foods available for either public or private nonprofit educational institutions, subject to state or federal law or regulation relating to the acceptance and distribution of those foods. The department shall charge an amount sufficient to cover but not exceed all costs of distribution to the individual schools. The charge may include administrative expenses, freight, warehousing, storing, processing and transshipment. The department may adjust charges to cover differences in program costs based on the USDA Foods received.
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ORS 327.525. School Foods Revolving Account. The School Foods Revolving Account, separate and distinct from the General Fund, is continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purposes of ORS 327.520. All moneys received under the provisions of ORS 327.520 shall be paid by the department to the State Treasurer for credit to the School Foods Revolving Account. Interest earned by the account shall be credited to the account.
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ORS 327.527. Summer breakfast and lunch program reimbursement; grants; rules. (1) The Department of Education shall reimburse a school district, government agency or community group five cents for every breakfast or lunch the district, agency or group serves as a part of: (a) The United States Department of Agricultures Summer Food Service Program; or (b) A summer meals program through an existing national school lunch program. (2) In addition to the reimbursements provided under subsection (1) of this section, the Department of Education may award grants to school districts, government agencies and community groups to encourage participation in a program identified in subsection (1) of this section. Each grant may not exceed $20,000 and must be used to: (a) Purchase or upgrade necessary equipment and services required to provide food service and meet sanitation requirements; (b) Make any payment necessary to comply with sanitation requirements that may be required prior to approval; or (c) Fund participant outreach activities and materials and necessary enrichment activities and materials. (3) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section.
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ORS 327.530. [Repealed by 1965 c.100 456]
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ORS 327.531. district for each breakfast provided at no charge as provided by ORS 327.545. (7)(a) Except as provided by subsection (8) of this section, a school district that makes breakfast accessible at a school site may choose to make breakfast accessible at that school site after the beginning of the school day. (b) Time spent by students consuming breakfast is considered instructional time when students consume breakfast in the students classroom and instruction is being provided while students are consuming breakfast. No more than 15 minutes may be considered instructional time when students are consuming breakfast. (8)(a) If 70 percent or more of the students at a school site are eligible students, the school district must make breakfast accessible at that school site after the beginning of the school day. (b) A school district that is required to make breakfast accessible as prescribed by paragraph (a) of this subsection must ensure that breakfast is: (A) Accessible to all students after the beginning of the school day, regardless of grade or arrival time; and (B) Provided at no charge to all students, regardless of whether a student is an eligible student. (c) The department shall provide technical assistance to school districts to meet the requirements of this subsection. Technical assistance may include the development of breakfast delivery models. (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, if a school district can demonstrate that 70 percent or more of the eligible students at a school site regularly receive breakfast at the school site without the school district complying with paragraph (a) of this subsection, the school district is not required to comply with paragraph (a) of this subsection. (9)(a) The department may award grants or enter into contracts to enable school districts to make breakfast accessible as required under subsection (8) of this section. Each grant or contract may not exceed $5,000 per school site and must be used to purchase or upgrade necessary equipment required to provide breakfast after the beginning of the school day. (b) The department may enter into a contract with a public or private entity for the purposes of the entity providing: (A) Technical assistance to applicants for and recipients of grants; and (B) Administration of the grant program. (10) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for the implementation of this section.
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ORS 327.535. Participation in school breakfast program; accessibility of breakfast; rules. (1) As used in this section, eligible student means a student who is eligible for free or reduced price meals under the United States Department of Agricultures National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program. (2) A school district may make breakfast accessible at any school site and shall make breakfast accessible if required by this section. (3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5) of this section, a school district that provides lunch at any school site shall make breakfast accessible as part of a breakfast program if 25 percent or more of the students at the school site are eligible students or the school site qualifies for assistance under Chapter I of Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (4) A school district that makes breakfast accessible as provided under subsection (3) of this section may apply to the Department of Education for a waiver for all or for particular grade levels if the school district is financially unable to implement a breakfast program. The department may grant a waiver to the school district for a period not to exceed two years, after which the school district must reestablish its claim of financial hardship if the waiver is to be extended. (5) If the per meal federal reimbursement for the breakfast program falls below the 1991 reimbursement levels, a school district may elect to discontinue the program until federal funding is restored to those levels. No waiver is required for such election. (6) A school district that makes breakfast accessible at any school site shall make breakfast accessible at that school site at no charge as provided by ORS
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ORS 327.537. Requirements for providing reimbursable meals; prohibitions and requirements when student owes money. (1) A school district that makes meals accessible to students at school sites under the United States Department of Agricultures National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program: (a) Must provide a United States Department of Agriculture reimbursable meal to a student who requests the meal: (A) Unless the students parent or guardian has provided written permission to the school district to withhold a meal from the student; and (B) Regardless of whether the student has money to pay for the meal or owes money for meals; and (b) May not require that a student throw away a meal after the meal has been served because of the students inability to pay for the meal or because money is owed for meals. (2) If a student owes money for five or more meals, a school district shall: (a) Determine if the student has been identified as being categorically eligible for free school meals and can be directly certified without application; (b) If the student has not been identified as described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, make at least two attempts to contact the students parent or guardian to have the parent or guardian fill out an application to determine if the student is eligible for free or reduced price lunches under the United States Department of Agricultures current Income Eligibility Guidelines; and (c) If the student is not eligible or the parent or guardian does not fill out an application as described in paragraph (b) of this subsection, make reasonable efforts to contact the parent or guardian and to offer assistance filling out an application, if appropriate. (3) A school district may not: (a) Publicly identify or stigmatize a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes money for a meal by requiring that the student wear a wristband, hand stamp or other identifying marker or by serving the student an alternative meal; or (b) Require a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes money for a meal to do chores or other work to pay for meals, unless all other students do similar chores or work regardless of whether money is owed for meals. (4)(a) A school district shall direct communications about amounts owed by a student for meals to the students parent or guardian and not to the student. (b) Nothing in this subsection prohibits a school district from sending home a letter with a student addressed to the parent or guardian of the student. (5) A school district may not require a parent or guardian to pay fees or costs from collection agencies hired to collect moneys owed for meals. [2017 c.684 1] Note:
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ORS 327.540. School after-school meal and snack program; grants; rules. (1) The Department of Education shall provide assistance to school districts, government agencies and community groups to encourage participation in the United States Department of Agricultures program that provides meals and snacks at at-risk after-school care centers. (2) In addition to the assistance provided under subsection (1) of this section, the department may award grants to school districts, government agencies and community groups to encourage participation in the United States Department of Agricultures program that provides meals and snacks at at-risk after-school care centers. Each grant may not exceed $20,000 and must be used to: (a) Purchase or upgrade necessary equipment and services required to provide food service and meet sanitation requirements; (b) Make any payment necessary to comply with sanitation requirements that may be required prior to approval; or (c) Fund participant outreach activities and materials and necessary enrichment activities and materials. (3) The department may enter into a contract with a public or private entity for the purposes of the entity providing: (a) Technical assistance to applicants for and recipients of grants; and (b) Administration of the grant program. (4) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section. [2011 c.711 1; 2014 c.10 2] Note:
ORS Chapter 327 — State Financing of Early

ORS 327.545. Reimbursement amounts for school districts that provide reimbursable meals; rules. (1) For school districts with schools that provide United States Department of Agriculture reimbursable meals to students as described in ORS 327.531 and
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ORS 327.548. Hunger Free Schools Account. (1) The Hunger Free Schools Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. (2) Moneys in the Hunger Free Schools Account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of making reimbursements to school districts under ORS 327.545. [2019 c.122 32] Note:
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ORS 327.610. [Repealed by 1965 c.100 456] FEDERAL AID TO EDUCATION
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ORS 327.615. State Treasurer as trustee of funds. The State Treasurer shall serve as trustee of any federal aid to education funds apportioned to the State of Oregon.
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ORS 327.620. Review of accounts affecting federal funds. The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall cause a review to be made of the accounts and financial affairs of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Department of Education affecting any funds acquired from the federal government to aid education, in the same manner and under the same conditions as provided by law for the review of state departments and institutions.
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ORS 327.625. [Repealed by 1965 c.100 456]
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ORS 327.630. [Amended by 1961 c.624 6; repealed by 1965 c.100 456]
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ORS 327.635. Labor standards required on federally financed school construction. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide, in the construction of school facilities financed in part through federal grants, for the enforcement of labor standards not less beneficial to employees on such projects than those required under sections 1 and 2 of the Act of Congress of August 30, 1935, as amended.
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ORS 327.640. [Repealed by 1965 c.100 456] FINANCING OF STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS
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ORS 327.645. Financing of programs mandated by state and federal programs. The Legislative Assembly recognizes that: (1) Various programs adopted by the Legislative Assembly and by various state and federal agencies have fiscal and revenue impact on school districts. (2) To the greatest extent possible, state government should pay an appropriate share of expenses incurred by the districts as the result of mandates from the Legislative Assembly and state agencies.
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ORS 327.655. [Amended by 1961 c.624 7; repealed by 1965 c.100 456]
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ORS 327.660. [1963 c.570 2; 1965 c.100 41; 1983 c.740 100; repealed by 1985 c.388 3] EDUCATION LOTTERY BOND PROGRAM
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ORS 327.700. (2) Each school districts education project grant = the districts extended ADMw for the distribution year (the total amount available for the grants in each distribution year the total statewide extended ADMw in the distribution year). (3) Each school district shall deposit the amounts it receives as an education project grant in a separate account, and shall apply amounts in that account to pay for costs of state education projects or shall hold amounts in that account in reserve and apply them to pay costs of future state education projects. (4) School districts receiving education project grants from the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund shall, if so directed by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, take any action specified by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services that is necessary to maintain the excludability of lottery bond interest from gross income under the United States Internal Revenue Code.
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ORS 327.705. Purpose of ORS 327.700 to 327.711. The Legislative Assembly declares that the purpose of ORS 327.700 to 327.711 is to authorize lottery bonds for state education projects. The lottery bonds authorized by ORS 327.700 to 327.711 shall be issued pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585. The obligation of the State of Oregon with respect to the lottery bonds and with respect to any grant agreement or other commitment authorized by ORS 327.700 to 327.711, 327.731, 348.696 and 777.277 shall at all times be restricted to the availability of unobligated net lottery proceeds, proceeds of lottery bonds and any other amounts specifically committed by ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585. Neither the faith and credit of the State of Oregon nor any of its taxing power shall be pledged or committed to the payment of lottery bonds or any other commitment of the State of Oregon authorized by ORS 327.700 to 327.711.
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ORS 327.708. Legislative findings. The Legislative Assembly finds that: (1) The financing of the costs of state education projects accomplishes the purpose of financing public education in Oregon, as well as having the additional effect of creating jobs and furthering economic development in Oregon by: (a) Maintaining and increasing the utility, effectiveness and capacity of public education facilities and public education technology and ensuring their availability to Oregon students; and (b) Creating employment opportunities in this state through the funding of capital improvement and maintenance projects on which workers will be employed. (2) Based on the findings made in this section, the use of the net proceeds from the operation of the Oregon State Lottery to fund state education projects and to pay state education lottery bonds is an appropriate use of state lottery funds under section 4, Article XV of the Oregon Constitution, and ORS 461.510.
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ORS 327.711. Payment of debt service; issuance of bonds; School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund. (1) The Legislative Assembly may pay state education lottery bond debt service after the 1997-1999 biennium from earnings on the Education Stability Fund. However, no lien or pledge of those earnings shall be made to secure the lottery bonds, and the State of Oregon shall have no legal obligation to pay the lottery bonds from the earnings on the Education Stability Fund. Any earnings from the Education Stability Fund that are provided by the Legislative Assembly and credited to the Lottery Bond Fund shall be credited against, and shall reduce, the unobligated net lottery proceeds that are required by ORS 286A.576 (2)(a) and (b) subsequently to be credited to the Lottery Bond Fund in that fiscal year. (2) State education lottery bonds shall be issued only at the request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. State education lottery bonds may be issued in an amount sufficient to provide no more than $150 million of net proceeds to pay costs of state education projects, plus the amounts required for bond-related costs. (3) The School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The net proceeds from the sale of the state education lottery bonds that are available to pay costs of state education projects shall be credited to the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund. Investment earnings received on amounts in the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund shall be credited to the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund. All moneys from time to time credited to the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund, including any investment earnings, are appropriated continuously to the Department of Education only for distribution to school districts pursuant to ORS 327.731 and for payment of the bond-related costs that are allocable to state education lottery bonds. Amounts in the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund shall be disbursed upon the written request of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to school districts for state education projects pursuant to ORS 327.731, and upon the written request of the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services to pay for bond-related costs that are allocable to state education lottery bonds.
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ORS 327.724. [1997 c.612 8,8a; repealed by 1999 c.44 29]
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ORS 327.731. Education project grants; use; amount. (1) Subject to rules of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall distribute a share of moneys in the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund to school districts as education project grants. The education project grants shall be distributed in one payment each distribution year. The education project grants shall be used for any state education project, as defined in ORS
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ORS 327.736. [1997 c.874 1; repealed by 1999 c.44 29] STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS