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OR Rev Stat § 327.506 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 327.506 - Quality education goals; duties; report.

(1) The quality goals for the state’s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education include those established under ORS 329.007, 329.015, 329.025, 329.045 and 329.065. (2) Each biennium the Quality Education Commission shall determine the amount of moneys sufficient to ensure that the state’s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education meets the quality goals. (3) In determining the amount of moneys sufficient to meet the quality goals, the commission shall identify best practices that lead to high student performance and the costs of implementing those best practices in the state’s kindergarten through grade 12 public schools. Those best practices shall be based on research, data, professional judgment and public values. (4) Prior to August 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall issue a report to the Governor and the Legislative Assembly that identifies: (a) Current practices in the state’s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education, the costs of continuing those practices and the expected student performance under those practices; and (b) The best practices for meeting the quality goals, the costs of implementing the best practices and the expected student performance under the best practices. (5) In addition, the commission shall provide in the report issued under subsection (4) of this section at least two alternatives for meeting the quality goals. The alternatives may use different approaches for meeting the quality goals or use a phased implementation of best practices for meeting the quality goals. [2001 c.895 §5; 2003 c.303 §14; 2007 c.858 §31]
OR Rev Stat § 327.511 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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. [1997 c.616 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 327.520 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 327.520 - Acceptance and distribution of donated commodities to schools.

The Department of Education may accept and distribute donated commodities available for either public or private nonprofit educational institutions, subject to state or federal law or regulation relating to such acceptance and distribution. The department shall make a charge 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 to the end that all participating schools shall receive such donated commodities at the same unit cost irrespective of location of the school with respect to the original point of delivery within the state. [Amended by 1989 c.491 §10]
OR Rev Stat § 327.523 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 327.523

[1975 c.87 §1; repealed 1981 c.784 §38]
OR Rev Stat § 327.525 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 327.525 - School Lunch Revolving Account.

The School Lunch Revolving Account, separate and distinct from the General Fund, is continuously appropriated for the purposes of ORS 327.520. All money received under the provisions of ORS 327.520 shall be paid by the Department of Education to the State Treasurer for credit to the School Lunch Revolving Account. Interest earned by the account shall be credited to the account. [Amended by 1965 c.100 §40; 1975 c.87 §2; 1981 c.784 §21; 1989 c.491 §11; 1989 c.966 §26]
OR Rev Stat § 327.527 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 327.527 - Summer breakfast and lunch reimbursement; grants and contracts; 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 during the summer as a part of: (a) The United States Department of Agriculture’s 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 department may award grants or enter into contracts to enable school districts to make breakfast accessible as required under ORS 327.535 (8). 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. (4) 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. (5) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section. [2005 c.701 §1; 2013 c.653 §1; 2014 c.10 §1; 2019 c.122 §28]
OR Rev Stat § 327.531 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 327.531 - School breakfast and lunch programs; eligibility; insufficient funds; rules.

(1)(a) A school or school district that meets the eligibility requirements of the special provisions of the United States Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program may offer reimbursable breakfasts, lunches or both at no charge and without consideration of individual eligibility by applying to the Department of Education. (b) If the school or school district is approved under paragraph (a) of this subsection, the school or school district must offer breakfasts, lunches or both to all students of the school or school district at no charge to the student. (c) For each breakfast or lunch that a school or school district provides at no charge as described in this subsection, the Department of Education shall provide reimbursement pursuant to ORS 327.545 (2). (2)(a) If a school or school district does not offer reimbursable breakfasts or lunches as described in subsection (1) of this section, the school district must ensure that each school of the school district: (A) Offers lunch at no charge to students from households with incomes that do not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. (B) Offers breakfast at no charge to students from households with incomes that do not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines, if breakfast must be offered pursuant to ORS 327.535. (b) For each breakfast or lunch that a school or school district provides at no charge as described in this subsection, the Department of Education shall provide reimbursement pursuant to ORS 327.545 (3). (3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) of this section, a school or school district is not required to provide breakfast or lunch at no charge to students if the Department of Education has insufficient funds to provide reimbursement pursuant to ORS 327.545 (2) or (3). The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that describe: (a) The method for determining when the department has insufficient funds; (b) The content and timing of the notice to be provided to school districts when the department determines that the department has insufficient funds; and (c) The procedures the school or school district must follow upon receiving notice of insufficient funds. [2015 c.718 §1; 2021 c.119 §1] Note: 327.531 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 327 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 327.537 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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 Agriculture’s 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 student’s 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 student’s 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 student’s 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 Agriculture’s 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 student’s 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: 327.537 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 327 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 327.540 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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 Agriculture’s 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 Agriculture’s 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: 327.540 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 327 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 327.545 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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 327.535, the Department of Education shall reimburse the school districts for costs incurred by the school districts in providing the meals. The amounts of the reimbursements may not exceed the amounts prescribed by subsections (2) and (3) of this section. (2) For schools that offer reimbursable breakfast and lunch at no charge to all students of the school without consideration of individual eligibility for free or reduced price meals as described in ORS 327.531 (1), the amount of reimbursements provided under this section may not exceed the difference between: (a) The free reimbursement rate established by the United States Department of Agriculture for reimbursable meals; and (b) Any amounts otherwise reimbursed or paid by state, federal or other sources. (3) For schools that offer reimbursable breakfast and lunch at no charge to students from households with incomes that do not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines as described in ORS 327.531 (2), the amount of reimbursements provided under this section may not exceed the difference between: (a) The free reimbursement rate established by the United States Department of Agriculture for reimbursable meals; and (b) Any amounts otherwise reimbursed or paid by state, federal or other sources. (4) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary for making reimbursements under this section. [2019 c.122 §30; 2021 c.119 §3; 2021 c.350 §9]
OR Rev Stat § 327.548 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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: 327.548 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 327 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
OR Rev Stat § 327.615 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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.
OR Rev Stat § 327.620 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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. [Amended by 1975 c.614 §10; 1989 c.491 §12]
OR Rev Stat § 327.635 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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.
OR Rev Stat § 327.645 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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. [1989 c.970 §1]
OR Rev Stat § 327.700 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 327.700 - Definitions for ORS 327.700 to 327.711.

As used in ORS 327.700 to 327.711, unless the context requires otherwise: (1) "State education lottery bonds" means the bonds authorized to be issued under ORS 327.711 for the purpose of financing state education projects. (2) "State education projects" means projects for instructional training and the acquisition, construction, improvement, remodeling, maintenance or repair of public school facilities in the State of Oregon, including but not limited to land, site preparation costs, permanent or portable buildings and equipment, telecommunications equipment, computers, software and related technology, textbooks, library books, furniture and furnishings, vehicles, costs of planning for bond issues and capital improvements, the payment of debt service on obligations, other than general obligation bonds, issued for such projects and holding in reserve for any of the purposes described in this subsection. [1997 c.612 §3; 1999 c.44 §10; 1999 c.1066 §13]
OR Rev Stat § 327.705 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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. [1997 c.612 §1; 1999 c.44 §11; 2007 c.783 §127]
OR Rev Stat § 327.708 (2021)
2021 Oregon Revised Statutes|Volume : 09 - Education and Culture|Chapter 327 - State Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education|Section 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. [1997 c.612 §2; 1999 c.44 §12]