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OR Rev Stat § 348.615 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.615 - Appeal procedure.

If the Higher Education Coordinating Commission refuses to grant approval to a school to confer degrees or revokes the approval to confer degrees, the refusal or revocation shall be subject to the right of review by an action brought in the circuit court of the county in which the school is located. Such review shall be tried as an action not triable by right to a jury. [1997 c.652 §14; 2011 c.637 §189]
OR Rev Stat § 348.616 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.616 - Minimum criteria for certification of employer program; rules.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall develop and adopt rules that provide the minimum criteria that an employer must meet in order for the employer’s scholarship program for employees and dependents to be certified as eligible for the employee and dependent scholarship program tax credit provided under ORS 348.621. The commission shall adopt rules to determine: (a) The types of educational programs, institutions and expenses related to the programs and institutions for which scholarships may be offered to employees and dependents, and scholarship moneys expended on their behalf; (b) The types of employees and dependents to whom scholarships must be offered; (c) The minimum and maximum annual dollar amounts of a scholarship that would be a qualified scholarship under ORS 315.237; (d) The minimum annual number of hours of instruction that a scholarship beneficiary must commit to in order to be eligible for a scholarship; and (e) Any other requirements as the commission may provide. (2) An employer must employ at least four full-time equivalent employees but no more than 250 employees in order to be certified as eligible for the employee and dependent scholarship program tax credit under ORS 348.621. (3) An employer seeking to claim the tax credit provided under ORS 315.237 must apply to the Director of the Office of Student Access and Completion for both employee and dependent scholarship program certification under ORS 348.618 and tax credit certification under ORS 348.621. [2001 c.475 §§2,4; 2011 c.637 §190; 2013 c.747 §124; 2017 c.66 §51]
OR Rev Stat § 348.618 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.618 - Requirements for program certification application; acceptance and rejection of application.

(1) An application for employee and dependent scholarship program certification shall be filed by the employer establishing the program. The application shall be filed with the Director of the Office of Student Access and Completion at least three months prior to the close of the first tax year for which a tax credit under ORS 315.237 will be claimed. (2) The application shall be filed on a form prescribed by the director and shall contain the information required by the director, including: (a) The date on which the proposed employee and dependent scholarship program will first be available to the employer’s employees and their dependents; (b) The total number of employees of the employer; (c) The total number of employees who will be eligible, or whose dependents will be eligible, to participate in the program; (d) The criteria to be used by the employer in determining the eligibility of an employee or an employee’s dependent for a scholarship under the program; and (e) The annual limit, if any, on the amount of funds to be used for scholarships under the program. (3) The director shall certify an application that describes an employee and dependent scholarship program that is in compliance with the rules adopted by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission under ORS 348.616 (1), if made by an employer that meets the employment requirements of ORS 348.616 (1) and (2). (4) The director shall certify or reject an application within 60 days of receipt of the application and shall notify the employer of the director’s determination. (5) An employer whose application has been rejected by the director shall be afforded an opportunity to amend the application to address the director’s objections to the original application. (6) In the case of an employer whose proposed employee and dependent scholarship program has been certified by the director, the director shall send a letter of program certification to the employer. The letter of program certification shall set forth or incorporate by reference the statements made in the application being certified. (7) A letter of program certification issued under this section shall remain valid until the employer changes the terms of eligibility for a scholarship under the program, changes the minimum or maximum amount of a scholarship under the program or ceases to be an employer. [2001 c.475 §5; 2011 c.637 §191; 2013 c.747 §125; 2017 c.66 §52]
OR Rev Stat § 348.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.620

[1967 c.430 §9; 1971 c.577 §2; renumbered 348.592 in 1997]
OR Rev Stat § 348.621 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.621 - Requirements for tax credit certification application.

(1) An application for tax credit certification shall be filed by an employer that has obtained program certification under ORS 348.618 or that has applied for program certification and is awaiting program certification by the Director of the Office of Student Access and Completion. (2) The application for tax credit certification shall be filed by the employer with the director. The application shall be filed at the time prescribed by the director, but no later than October 1 of the calendar year in which begins the tax year for which a credit under ORS 315.237 will be claimed. (3) The application shall be filed on a form prescribed by the director and shall contain the information required by the director, including the amount of scholarship moneys the employer has provided or intends to provide to employees or dependents during the calendar year for which tax credit certification is being sought and the number of employees employed by the employer for the calendar year. (4) The director shall consider applications in the chronological order in which the applications are received and shall approve applications to the extent the amount set forth in the application, when added to the total amount already certified by the director for the calendar year under this section, does not exceed $1 million. (5) An employer may not receive tax credit certification: (a) For an amount that is greater than $1 million; (b) If the employer employs fewer than four full-time equivalent employees for the calendar year; or (c) If the employer employs more than 250 employees for the calendar year. (6) The director shall send written notice of the amount of the tax credit certification, or written notice that no amount is being certified, to the employer within 60 days of the date an application is filed under this section. (7) The employer shall keep the written certification in the employer’s records for at least five years and shall furnish the certification to the Department of Revenue if requested. (8) The Office of Student Access and Completion shall provide information to the Department of Revenue about all tax credit certifications issued under this section, if required by ORS 315.058. (9) The Executive Director of the Office of Student Access and Completion may order the suspension or revocation of a tax credit certification issued under ORS 348.618, as provided in ORS 315.061. [2001 c.475 §6; 2011 c.637 §192; 2013 c.747 §126; 2017 c.66 §53; 2019 c.483 §22]
OR Rev Stat § 348.696 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.696 - Education Stability Fund; investment; earnings; transfer of excess earnings.

(1) Pursuant to Article XV, section 4 (4)(d), of the Oregon Constitution, the Education Stability Fund is established separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the Education Stability Fund shall be invested as provided in ORS 293.701 to 293.790. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all declared earnings on moneys in the fund, including declared earnings on moneys in the Oregon Growth Account, shall be transferred and are appropriated continuously as follows: (a) 75 percent to the Oregon Education Fund established by ORS 348.716; and (b) 25 percent to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the Oregon Opportunity Grant program under ORS 348.260. (2) If the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services determines for any biennium that the amount to be transferred and appropriated continuously to the Oregon Education Fund under subsection (1)(a) of this section exceeds the amount needed to pay for public education and education lottery bond debt service in that biennium, the amount of the excess for that biennium shall be transferred and is appropriated continuously to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the Oregon Opportunity Grant program under ORS 348.260. [1995 c.12 §2; 1997 c.524 §2; 1997 c.612 §11; 1999 c.44 §§26,27; 1999 c.704 §§17,18; 1999 c.1070 §§13,14; 2001 c.920 §12; 2001 c.922 §§27,28; 2002 s.s.3 c.6 §§2,3; 2005 c.22 §§246,247; 2005 c.748 §§19,20; 2009 c.805 §3; 2011 c.637 §204; 2011 c.699 §7; 2013 c.747 §138; 2015 c.840 §22; 2016 c.118 §18]
OR Rev Stat § 348.702 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.702 - Oregon Growth Account.

(1) There is created within the Education Stability Fund the Oregon Growth Account, to which shall be credited, in the manner provided in subsection (2) of this section, 10 percent of the funds transferred under Article XV, section 4, of the Oregon Constitution, from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund to the Education Stability Fund. Separate records shall be maintained for moneys in the Oregon Growth Account that are available for the purposes specified in subsection (5) of this section. The account may be credited with unrestricted appropriations, gifts, donations, grants or contract proceeds from any source, with investments or funds from any source and with returns on investments made from the account. (2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services may credit to the Oregon Growth Account from the first funds transferred in a fiscal year to the Education Stability Fund under Article XV, section 4, of the Oregon Constitution, an amount up to the amount the department estimates to be 10 percent of the funds required to be transferred to the Education Stability Fund for that fiscal year. (3) If at the end of the fiscal year the amount credited to the Oregon Growth Account under subsection (2) of this section is less than or greater than 10 percent of the amount required to be transferred under Article XV, section 4, of the Oregon Constitution, to the Education Stability Fund, the amount credited to the Oregon Growth Account shall be adjusted in one of the following ways: (a) The amount credited to the account in the following fiscal year may be adjusted; (b) Any excess may be transferred from the Oregon Growth Account to the Education Stability Fund; or (c) Any shortage may be transferred from the Education Stability Fund to the Oregon Growth Account from funds available for that purpose. (4) Adjustments required by subsection (3) of this section shall be made without consideration of any interest or other earnings that have accrued during the fiscal year. (5) The purpose of the Oregon Growth Account is to earn returns for the Education Stability Fund. (6) The investment of funds in the Oregon Growth Account shall be governed by the Oregon Growth Board. (7) The Oregon Business Development Department, on behalf of the Oregon Growth Board, may use moneys in the Oregon Growth Account to pay the administrative costs associated with the account and with administering those portions of ORS 284.881 to 284.890 that pertain to the account. [1995 c.811 §§3,4; 1997 c.323 §2; 2001 c.922 §2; 2002 s.s.3 c.6 §4; 2003 c.14 §154; 2003 c.606 §6; 2005 c.835 §32; 2007 c.71 §96; 2007 c.172 §2; 2009 c.805 §§1,2; 2012 c.90 §§7a,33a; 2013 c.732 §10; 2015 c.818 §3]
OR Rev Stat § 348.716 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.716 - Oregon Education Fund; use; payment of education lottery bonds.

The Oregon Education Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the Oregon Education Fund are continuously appropriated to the Oregon Department of Administrative Services for public education and education lottery bond debt service. Seventy-five percent of the declared earnings of the Education Stability Fund as described in ORS 348.696 shall be transferred monthly to the Oregon Education Fund as directed by the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services. Investment earnings on amounts in the Oregon Education Fund shall be credited to the Oregon Education Fund. The Legislative Assembly may, but shall be under no legal obligation to, allocate and appropriate amounts in the Oregon Education Fund to pay education lottery bonds. The Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services may specify when during any fiscal year amounts shall be transferred from the Oregon Education Fund to be used for public education or education lottery bonds. [1999 c.44 §8; 2001 c.536 §10; 2002 s.s.3 c.6 §§8,8a; 2009 c.805 §6] Note: 348.716 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 348 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 348.748 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.748 - Short title.

ORS 348.748 to 348.757 shall be known and may be cited as Oregon’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Program. [2017 c.708 §2] Note: 348.748 to 348.757 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 348 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 348.750 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.750 - Definitions; Open Educational Resources Grant Program.

(1) As used in ORS 348.748 to 348.757, "open educational resources" means teaching, learning and research resources that: (a) Reside in the public domain or that have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others; and (b) Conform to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.) and to any additional accessibility standards established by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission by rule. (2) The Open Educational Resources Grant Program is established within the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and in collaboration with public universities listed in ORS 352.002 and community colleges. The purpose of the program is to encourage the use of low or no-cost open educational resources in Oregon’s post-secondary institutions of education. (3) Subject to the availability of funds, the commission shall award grants on a competitive basis to public universities listed in ORS 352.002, community colleges or consortia of public universities and community colleges. (4) In awarding grants under subsection (3) of this section, the commission shall give priority to applications that propose to: (a) Adapt or otherwise make use of existing open educational resources; (b) Leverage grants awarded under this section with matching private funds or other resources; (c) Utilize students in the design or production of open educational resource materials; (d) Involve coordinated activities between two or more public universities and community colleges; (e) Focus on high-enrollment courses; (f) Address a need not currently met by existing available resources; and (g) Assist in convening faculty from public universities and community colleges to promote the use of open educational resources within post-secondary education. [2015 c.727 §1] Note: See note under 348.748.
OR Rev Stat § 348.751 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.751 - Textbook affordability plan.

(1) Each community college and public university listed in ORS 352.002 shall establish a textbook affordability plan. Each plan established under this section shall: (a) Contain measurable goals for increasing textbook affordability, such as: (A) Establishing a target amount of student savings that will result from adoption of the plan; or (B) Requiring that a certain number of courses offered by the community college or public university be designated as using low-cost or no-cost course materials under ORS 348.757. (b) Address how to best mitigate the economic impact of decreased academic bookstore revenue as a result of the increased adoption of low-cost or no-cost open educational resources. (c) Set forth the steps the community college or public university will take to advertise the availability of academic courses designated as using low-cost or no-cost course materials under ORS 348.757. (d) Contain a statement of support for the academic freedom of faculty and instructors to select high-quality course materials for courses taught by the faculty and instructors. (e) Establish a process for faculty and instructors to be informed about available low-cost and no-cost course materials. (2) At least one student representative must be included and consulted in the development of each textbook affordability plan established under subsection (1) of this section. [2019 c.189 §2] Note: See note under 348.748.
OR Rev Stat § 348.752 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.752 - Coordination of OER Program.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall regularly convene faculty, staff and librarians from public universities listed in ORS 352.002 and community colleges for the purpose of coordinating Oregon’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Program by: (a) Assisting and advising faculty at public universities and community colleges on the adoption, implementation and storage of open educational resource materials that are transferable between public universities and community colleges; (b) Determining whether to develop a statewide repository of open educational resource materials for the purpose of supporting the program and, if applicable, developing a plan for the development of the repository; and (c) Developing criteria that may be used to provide up to $150,000 to public universities and community colleges for the purpose of increasing the creation, adoption or implementation of open educational resources. (2) The commission may enter into contracts or agreements with public or private entities for the purpose of fulfilling its obligations under this section. [2017 c.708 §3] Note: See note under 348.748.
OR Rev Stat § 348.756 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.756 - Report on OER Program.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall provide a report on Oregon’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Program to the committees of the Legislative Assembly relating to higher education during each regular session of the Legislative Assembly held during an odd-numbered year. The report shall include: (a) A summary of the current status of Oregon’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Program; (b) A calculation of the amount of moneys students have saved as a result of the program since the previous report filed under this section; (c) A calculation of the amount of moneys the commission anticipates future students will save as a result of the program; and (d) An evaluation of existing barriers preventing the adoption of further open educational resources at public universities listed in ORS 352.002 and community colleges. (2) Any entity that enters into a contract or agreement with the commission under ORS 348.752 must collaborate in the creation of each report required under subsection (1) of this section. [2017 c.708 §4] Note: See note under 348.748.
OR Rev Stat § 348.757 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.757 - Designation of courses whose materials consist of open or free textbooks or other low-cost course materials.

Each public university listed in ORS 352.002 and community college shall prominently designate courses whose course materials exclusively consist of open or free textbooks or other low-cost or no-cost course materials. The course designation required by this section must appear in the published course descriptions that are on the Internet or are otherwise provided to students at the time of course registration, including on the campus bookstore course materials list that is provided for the course. [2015 c.727 §4] Note: See note under 348.748.
OR Rev Stat § 348.805 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.805

[1969 c.182 §1; 1971 c.577 §1; renumbered 348.105]
OR Rev Stat § 348.841 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.841

[1999 c.746 §1; 2001 c.12 §1; 2003 c.280 §6; 2007 c.843 §12; 2012 c.31 §25; 2013 c.377 §25; 2014 c.52 §27; 2015 c.442 §19; 2015 c.843 §8; renumbered 178.300 in 2015]
OR Rev Stat § 348.844 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.844

[1999 c.746 §2; 2001 c.12 §2; 2003 c.280 §7; 2015 c.843 §9; renumbered 178.305 in 2015]
OR Rev Stat § 348.849 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.849

[1999 c.746 §3; 2003 c.280 §8; 2009 c.762 §65; 2011 c.413 §1; 2015 c.843 §6; renumbered 178.310 in 2015]
OR Rev Stat § 348.853 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.853

[1999 c.746 §5; 2003 c.280 §9; 2005 c.297 §1; 2015 c.843 §10; renumbered 178.315 in 2015]
OR Rev Stat § 348.856 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.856

[2003 c.280 §22; 2005 c.297 §2; 2015 c.843 §11; renumbered 178.320 in 2015]
OR Rev Stat § 348.857 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.857

[1999 c.746 §6; 2001 c.12 §5; 2003 c.280 §10; 2011 c.527 §3; 2015 c.843 §12; renumbered 178.335 in 2015]
OR Rev Stat § 348.860 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.860

[1999 c.746 §7; 2003 c.280 §11; 2015 c.843 §13; renumbered 178.340 in 2015]
OR Rev Stat § 348.863 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 348 - Student Aid; Education Stability Fund; Planning|Section 348.863

[1999 c.746 §8; 2001 c.12 §6; 2003 c.280 §12; 2015 c.843 §14; renumbered 178.345 in 2015]