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OR Rev Stat § 341.518 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.518 - Tuition waiver for students 65 years of age or older; rules.

(1) The board of education of a community college district shall direct each community college under its control to waive tuition for any course audited by an Oregon resident 65 years of age or older if: (a) Space is available in the course for additional students to register after tuition-paying students have registered; (b) The department in which the course is being taught approves; (c) The auditing student is registered for eight credits or fewer per term; and (d) The course is a lower-division collegiate course. (2) Each community college may charge the student attending under subsection (1) of this section fees associated with the course being audited. (3) The board of education of a community college district may develop rules for implementation of this section, including rules relating to registration, admission and fees. [Formerly 341.534] Note: 341.518 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 341 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 341.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.520

[1959 c.641 §2; 1961 c.602 §2; 1965 c.100 §328; renumbered 341.405]
OR Rev Stat § 341.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.525

[1965 c.262 §§5,6; 1995 c.67 §22; renumbered 341.484 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.526 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.526 - Grant program for first-generation college-bound students; rules.

(1) The Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall jointly establish a grant program for the purpose of distributing moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase the number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward a degree or a certificate. (2) Moneys distributed under subsection (1) of this section may be used by a community college, or a foundation of a community college, for services that are designed to increase student enrollment, retention and degree and certificate completion, including counseling programs, college initiatives, advising services and assistance in obtaining financial aid. (3) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this section, including rules that set standards for awarding grants. The standards shall give priority to community colleges, or foundations of community colleges, that have student enrollment, retention and degree and certificate completion programs with demonstrated support from the private sector, the community and local government. [2014 c.51 §1; 2015 c.366 §22; 2015 c.825 §1] Note: 341.526 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 341 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 341.527 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.527

[1977 c.643 §§2,3,4,5; 1995 c.67 §23; 2011 c.637 §123; 2013 c.747 §188; renumbered 341.487 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.528 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.528

[1985 c.698 §§2,4; 1997 c.601 §1; renumbered 341.492 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.529 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.529

[1987 c.162 §5; 1989 c.264 §2; 2003 c.242 §3; 2012 c.106 §5; renumbered 341.496 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.531 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.531

[2005 c.170 §2; 2005 c.836 §15; 2011 c.637 §124; 2012 c.106 §6; 2013 c.747 §195; renumbered 341.499 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.532 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.532

[2005 c.170 §3; renumbered 341.502 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.533 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.533

[2005 c.518 §2; 2011 c.331 §1; renumbered 341.506 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.534 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.534

[2009 c.344 §2; renumbered 341.518 in 2013]
OR Rev Stat § 341.535 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.535 - Qualifications of faculty; appraisal.

(1) Community college faculty are not required to have teaching licenses. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 342.173, community college faculty who provide instruction in cooperation with a school district for academic, career and technical education, school-to-work or other work-related programs under ORS chapter 329 are not required to have teaching licenses. If the faculty member is not a regular full-time employee of the community college, the school district shall follow the instructor appraisal committee procedures adopted by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. (3) Until a community college becomes accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities or its successor, the board shall obtain the approval of the accredited community college with which it contracts for curriculum and instructional services before employing any person to teach transfer courses. [Formerly 341.600; 1971 c.513 §92; 1983 c.187 §2; 1995 c.67 §24; 2009 c.94 §14; 2013 c.1 §37]
OR Rev Stat § 341.541 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.541 - Affirmative action plans, goals when faculty, staff reductions required.

Each community college shall consider and maintain affirmative action plans and goals when reductions in faculty and staff are required as a result of: (1) Reductions in revenue that necessitate discontinuance of its educational program at its anticipated level; (2) Elimination of classes due to decreased student enrollment; or (3) Reduction in courses due to administrative decisions. [1981 c.814 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 341.547 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.547 - Notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment; effect of failure to give notice.

(1) Each community college board shall give an individual, written notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment to all employees who are to perform services in the same or a similar capacity during a subsequent academic year or term or in the period immediately following a recess period. The notice shall be given by May 30 of each year for employees employed as of that date and as of the date of hire for employees employed subsequent to May 30. (2) No liability shall accrue from failure to give the notice required by subsection (1) of this section or from the timing or contents thereof on the part of the community college board. However, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall enforce the provisions of subsection (1) of this section. (3) Faculty members on annual or indefinite tenure, classified staff members on regular status and management service employees are considered to have been given notice for the purposes of this section. [1985 c.585 §4; 1995 c.67 §25; 2013 c.747 §64]
OR Rev Stat § 341.556 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.556 - Sources of compensation for faculty members; potential conflict of interest; reporting; standards.

(1) The board of a community college may authorize receipt of compensation for any faculty member from private or public resources, including, but not limited to, income from: (a) Consulting; (b) Appearances and speeches; (c) Intellectual property conceived, reduced to practice or originated and therefore owned within the community college; (d) Providing services or other valuable consideration for a private corporation, individual or entity, whether paid in cash or in-kind, stock or other equity interest or anything of value regardless of whether there is a licensing agreement between the community college and the private entity; and (e) Performing public duties paid by private organizations, including institution corporate affiliates, that augments a faculty member’s publicly funded salary. Such income shall be authorized and received in accordance with policies and standards established by each board. (2) Each board may not authorize compensation, as described in subsection (1) of this section, that, in the board’s judgment, does not comport with the mission of the community college or that substantially interferes with a faculty member’s duties to the community college. (3) Any compensation described and authorized under subsection (1) of this section is considered official compensation or reimbursement of expenses for purposes of ORS 244.040 and is not considered an honorarium prohibited by ORS 244.042. If authorization or receipt of the compensation creates a potential conflict of interest, the faculty member shall report the potential conflict in writing in accordance with standards of the board. The disclosure is a public record subject to public inspection. (4) Compensation described and authorized under subsection (1) of this section that is not paid by the community college employing the faculty member is not salary for purposes of ORS chapter 238 or 238A. (5) Each board shall adopt standards governing faculty outside employment and activities, including potential conflicts of interest, as defined by standards of the board and consistent with ORS 244.020, and the public disclosure thereof, and procedures for reporting and hearing potential or actual conflict of interest complaints. [2017 c.413 §2; 2018 c.54 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 341.560 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.560

[1959 c.641 §24; 1961 c.602 §5; 1963 c.483 §11; 1965 c.100 §331; renumbered 341.425]
OR Rev Stat § 341.569 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.569 - When election on change required.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit the question of a proposed boundary change to a vote if: (a) The commission enters the order to revise the boundaries of a community college district; (b) A remonstrance is filed with the commission within 20 days after the date on which the commission enters the order; (c) The remonstrance is signed by at least five percent of the electors or at least 500 of the electors, whichever is less, in: (A) An area to be included in the district or excluded from the district by the proposed boundary change; or (B) The existing community college district; (d) The area to be included in the district is not surrounded by the territory of a single community college district; and (e) The Legislative Assembly appropriates to the commission moneys to conduct the election. (2) When necessary under subsection (1) of this section, the question shall be submitted to the electors of each area or district that files a remonstrance meeting the requirements of subsection (1) of this section. (3) If the proposed boundary change is defeated, the same or a substantially similar change may not be considered until at least 12 months have elapsed from the date of the election at which the change was defeated. If the vote is favorable in the area or district from which a remonstrance was filed, the commission shall declare the change effective on the date determined under ORS 341.565. [1971 c.513 §84; 1983 c.350 §210; 1983 c.740 §107; 2003 c.574 §4; 2013 c.747 §66; 2021 c.53 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 341.570 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.570

[1959 c.641 §25; 1961 c.602 §6; 1965 c.100 §332; renumbered 341.435]
OR Rev Stat § 341.575 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.575 - Liability of annexed, merged or detached territory.

(1) When territory is annexed to or merged with a community college district, the new territory shall become liable for its share of the existing debt of the community college district. (2) When territory is detached from a community college district, the detached territory shall remain liable for its share of the bonded indebtedness assumed by the community college district during the period of time the detached territory was included in the district. [1971 c.513 §95; 2021 c.53 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 341.579 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.579 - Vote on proposed boundary change subject to ORS 341.577; commission’s order.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit the question of any boundary change pertaining to a community college district subject to ORS 341.577 to a vote of the electors held the same day in both the original territory and the new territory. (2) If the proposed boundary change is defeated in either territory, the same or a substantially similar change shall not be considered until at least 12 months have elapsed from the date of the election at which the proposed change was defeated. If the vote is favorable in both the original territory and the new territory, and subject to determination by the commission that there is a legislative appropriation to the Community College Support Fund established in ORS 341.620 to support the new district resulting from the boundary change at a level commensurate with support for other community college districts, then the commission shall declare the change effective on the date determined under ORS 341.565. Implementation of the commission’s order shall take place only if the funds needed to accommodate the impact of annexation on other local education districts are appropriated specifically for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly or allocated by the Emergency Board. [1995 c.357 §3; 2013 c.747 §69]
OR Rev Stat § 341.580 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.580

[1959 c.641 §29; 1963 c.483 §12; 1965 c.100 §333; renumbered 341.465]
OR Rev Stat § 341.600 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.600

[1959 c.641 §§26, 27; 1961 c.602 §8; 1963 c.483 §13; 1965 c.100 §336; renumbered 341.535]
OR Rev Stat § 341.601 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.601 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 341.604 to 341.618: (1) "District" means the: (a) Blue Mountain Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter; (b) Columbia Gorge Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter; (c) Rogue Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter; and (d) Southwestern Oregon Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter. (2) "Service area" means: (a) For the Blue Mountain Community College District and the Rogue Community College District, a service area established as provided by ORS 341.604. (b) For the Columbia Gorge Community College District and the Southwestern Oregon Community College District: (A) The area served by the district prior to the annexation of new territory; or (B) The territory within a county annexed by the district. [1995 c.357 §4; 1999 c.1027 §5; 2009 c.577 §1; 2017 c.115 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 341.604 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.604 - Expansion of district.

(1) The Blue Mountain Community College District and the Rogue Community College District may expand as provided by this section. (2) If expansion of the Blue Mountain Community College District or the Rogue Community College District is approved by the voters, the Legislative Assembly shall: (a) For the Blue Mountain Community College District, classify and designate service areas within the district. The boundaries of the service areas shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the counties within the district. (b) For the Rogue Community College District, initially classify and designate two service areas within the district. The first service area shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Jackson County or such portion thereof as is included in the expanded district approved by the voters. The second service area shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Josephine County. (3) The district board of the Blue Mountain Community College District or the Rogue Community College District by resolution may designate as additional service areas any territory or territories within the district that are benefited by the acquisition, construction and installation of community college facilities. Each additional service area designated by the district board shall be located entirely within the territory of a service area designated in subsection (2) of this section. In no event shall the district board designate as a service area any portion of the district incorporating territory located within two or more service areas designated in subsection (2) of this section. (4) The district board may not amend the boundaries of the service areas designated in subsection (2) of this section. The district board may by resolution amend the boundaries of any additional service area designated pursuant to subsection (3) of this section to conform to changes in the community college services provided by the district. However, the boundaries of a service area may not be amended if bonded indebtedness issued pursuant to ORS 341.611 for the benefit of the service area is then outstanding. [1995 c.357 §5; 1999 c.1027 §6; 2003 c.574 §5; 2009 c.577 §2; 2013 c.721 §5]
OR Rev Stat § 341.608 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.608 - Service area financing; bonded indebtedness.

(1) Subject to restrictions in the Oregon Constitution and subsection (2) of this section, any of the methods of financing authorized under this chapter or any other provision of law that is available to community college districts organized pursuant to this chapter may, in the discretion of the district board, be implemented in the district or in one or more service areas simultaneously. (2) The district may incur bonded indebtedness authorized by this section using the procedures prescribed in ORS chapter 287A for the benefit of the district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in ORS 341.611 and 341.613. [1995 c.357 §6; 2009 c.577 §3; 2013 c.721 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 341.610 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.610

[1959 c.641 §33; 1961 c.602 §9; 1963 c.483 §14; 1965 c.100 §340; 1965 c.262 §8; 1965 c.487 §3; renumbered 341.625]
OR Rev Stat § 341.611 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.611 - Election on bonded indebtedness.

(1) An election shall be held to determine if a district may contract a bonded indebtedness for the benefit of the district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district. (2) If the bonded indebtedness is for the benefit of the district, all district voters residing within the boundaries of the district are entitled to vote in the election. If the bonded indebtedness is for the benefit of a service area or combination of service areas of the district, only the district voters residing within the boundaries of the affected service area or service areas are entitled to vote in the election. (3) The district board may order the election on its own motion, or shall order the election if a petition is filed as provided in ORS 341.678 on behalf of the voters of the district or the service area or service areas. The election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of ORS 341.356 to 341.379. [1995 c.357 §7; 2009 c.577 §4; 2013 c.721 §2]
OR Rev Stat § 341.613 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.613 - Bonded indebtedness restrictions.

(1) Following authorization from the voters of a district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district, the district board may contract a bonded indebtedness to be paid by a tax levy on the taxable property within the district or the service area or service areas for any one or more of the purposes set forth in ORS 341.675. Any land acquired, college building or buildings or any additions to a building or buildings, and any real or personal property to be paid for with the proceeds of the bonded indebtedness must be located within the boundaries of the district or the service area or combination of service areas that approved the bonded indebtedness. (2) The aggregate amount of bonded indebtedness incurred for the benefit of a district or a service area or combination of service areas, when added to the aggregate amount of other bonded indebtedness payable from ad valorem property taxes levied within the district or the service area or combination of service areas, may not exceed one and one-half percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district or the affected service area or service areas, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. [1995 c.357 §8; 2009 c.577 §5; 2013 c.721 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 341.616 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.616 - Levy of direct ad valorem tax to pay bonds.

(1) The district board shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all the taxable property within the district if the district approved bonded indebtedness or within the affected service area or combination of service areas if the service area or combination of service areas approved bonded indebtedness. The ad valorem tax shall be sufficient to pay promptly, when and as payments become due, the maturing interest and principal of all bonds outstanding for the district or the service area or combination of service areas that were approved at an election held pursuant to ORS 341.611 or 341.678. The amount of the tax may be increased by an amount sufficient to retire any bonds that may be callable. (2) Funds derived from a tax levy within the district or the service area or service areas specifically for the purpose of paying bonded indebtedness shall be applied solely to the payment of the bonds for which the taxes were levied and may not be applied to the payment of any other indebtedness. [1995 c.357 §9; 2007 c.783 §134; 2009 c.577 §6; 2013 c.721 §4]
OR Rev Stat § 341.618 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 341 - Community Colleges|Section 341.618 - Application of ORS 341.675 to 341.715 to bonds.

Except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of ORS 341.604 to 341.618 or rules adopted thereunder, the provisions of ORS 341.675 to 341.715 shall apply to bonds authorized pursuant to ORS 341.604 to 341.618 and to taxes levied to pay such bonds. [1995 c.357 §10]