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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.447 - Plans for recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of diverse educators.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall require each public educator preparation program in this state to prepare a plan with specific goals, strategies and deadlines for the recruitment, admission, retention and graduation of diverse educators to accomplish the goal described in ORS 342.437 (1)(a).
(2) The commission shall review the plans for adequacy and feasibility with the governing board of each public university with an educator preparation program and, after necessary revisions are made, shall adopt the plans.
(3) The commission shall provide guidance on:
(a) The contents of the plans;
(b) The commission’s initial and biennial review process, including timetables for revising plans; and
(c) Other matters necessary for carrying out the provisions of ORS 342.433 to 342.449 and 350.100. [1991 c.434 §4; 2015 c.188 §6; 2015 c.245 §26; 2015 c.647 §28; 2015 c.767 §109; 2022 c.44 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.448 - Reports related to implementation of Educators Equity Act.

(1) Representatives of the Educator Advancement Council, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, the Department of Education and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall jointly create a report on the Educators Equity Act. The report shall be created in consultation with educator preparation providers and shall include:
(a) A summary of the most recent data collected as provided by ORS 342.443 (1)(d) to (h).
(b) A summary of the plans currently implemented as provided by ORS 342.447.
(c) A review of the goal described in ORS 342.437 (1)(a), including:
(A) Determination of the need for additional related state goals.
(B) Progress made by the state toward meeting the goal described in ORS 342.437 (1)(a) and any other additional related state goals.
(C) Recommendations and a long-term plan for meeting the goal described in ORS 342.437 (1)(a) and any other additional related state goals.
(d) A description of best practices within this state and other states for recruiting, hiring and retaining diverse educators.
(e) Recommendations for legislation to help the state meet the goal described in ORS 342.437 (1)(a) and any other additional related state goals.
(2)(a) The report created as provided by subsection (1) of this section shall be submitted:
(A) To the interim legislative committees on education by September 1 of each even-numbered year; and
(B) To the Legislative Assembly in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 by September 1 of each even-numbered year.
(b) The report submitted as required by paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection shall be submitted with the data reported as required by ORS 342.443 (1)(d) to (h).
(3) The Educator Advancement Council, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, the Department of Education and the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall make the report submitted as provided under subsection (2) of this section available on the website of each agency. [2015 c.188 §11; 2015 c.774 §§76,76a; 2021 c.331 §1; 2022 c.44 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.455 - Definition of "school nurse."

"School nurse" as used in ORS 342.465 and 342.475, means a registered nurse who is certified by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission as qualified to conduct and coordinate the health services programs of a school. [Formerly 678.505]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.465 - Rules; notice if action taken on license.

(1) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall adopt by rule standards necessary for the issuance, denial, continuation, renewal, lapse or reinstatement of certificates issued under ORS 342.475 (1) to (3) and for establishment and collection of fees for certification as a school nurse. The commission may adopt by rule procedures for revocation of a certificate issued under ORS 342.475 (1) to (3) that are consistent with ORS 342.175 to 342.180.
(2) The Oregon State Board of Nursing shall notify the commission whenever the board takes any action on a license issued under ORS chapter 678 which might affect the ability of the license holder to practice as a school nurse. [Formerly 678.525; 1993 c.45 §176]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.475 - School nurses; certificates.

(1) "School nurse" is established as a category of specialization in nursing.
(2) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission shall issue a certificate as a school nurse to a person who complies with the rules established by the commission for the certification and practice of school nursing and who has been licensed by the Oregon State Board of Nursing. In establishing rules for the certification and practice of any specialization of school nursing, the commission shall consider the recommendations of the Oregon State Board of Nursing.
(3) The commission may issue an emergency certificate that authorizes a person licensed as a registered nurse in this state who does not meet the requirements of subsection (2) of this section to practice as a school nurse. Such certificates shall be issued for a limited time as set by the commission.
(4) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (3) of this section, the commission shall issue a certificate in a school nurse specialization category to a registered nurse who applies for certification and who is employed by a school, school district or education service district to conduct and coordinate a school or district health services program or who serves in such a capacity on a voluntary basis on November 1, 1981. A certificate issued under this subsection shall be issued without further proof of qualification by the applicant.
(5) A certificate issued under this section is not a teaching license. The nurse holding a certificate issued under this section is not subject to ORS 238.280 or 342.805 to 342.937. [Formerly 678.515; 2019 c.358 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.495 - Holder of school nurse certificate qualified to conduct and coordinate health services program.

(1) The holder of a school nurse certificate issued under ORS 342.475 (1) to (3) is qualified to accept employment to conduct and coordinate the health services programs of any public school in the State of Oregon. A person licensed as a registered nurse may use the term "nurse" as part of a title when employed by a school.
(2) No school or school district is required to employ as a nurse a person certified under ORS 342.475 (1) to (3). [Formerly 342.982]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.513 - Renewal or nonrenewal of contracts for following year.

(1) Each district school board shall give written notice of the renewal or nonrenewal of the contract for the following school year by March 15 of each year to all teachers and administrators in its employ who are not contract teachers as defined in ORS 342.815. In case the district school board does not renew the contract, the material reason therefor shall, at the request of the teacher or administrator, be included in the records of the school district, and the board shall furnish a statement of the reason for nonrenewal to the teacher or administrator. If any district school board fails to give such notice by March 15, the contract shall be considered renewed for the following school year at a salary not less than that being received at the time of renewal. The teacher or administrator may bring an action of mandamus to compel the district school board to issue such a contract for the following school year.
(2) This section is not effective unless teachers or administrators notify the board in writing on or before April 15 of acceptance or rejection of the position for the following school year. [Formerly 342.635; 1975 c.770 §47; 1979 c.714 §1; 1997 c.864 §24; 2005 c.22 §236]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.521 - Contracts with teachers for return of part of salary prohibited.

No district shall enter into a contract with any teacher whereby the teacher shall return to the district any part of the salary of the teacher. If any board and teacher enter into such contract, the contract is void and the teacher’s teaching license shall be revoked. [Formerly 342.613]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.545 - Termination of teacher’s contract; release.

(1) Sickness or other unavoidable circumstances which prevent the teacher from teaching 20 school days immediately following exhaustion of sick leave accumulated under ORS 332.507 shall be sufficient reason for the school board to place the teacher on leave without pay for the remainder of the regular school year and to terminate the teacher’s employment without penalty on August 1 if the school board determines that the teacher is unable to resume teaching responsibilities at the beginning of the next fall term. This subsection applies to teachers whose employment is based either upon contract or tenure, or both.
(2) A district school board may release a teacher from a contract by mutual agreement. No board is required to consider any resignation not in writing. [Formerly 342.640; 1969 c.106 §1; 1977 c.860 §2; 1979 c.269 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.549 - Administrator contracts; benefits after termination.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Administrator" means a person who is employed as an administrator or is performing administrative duties, regardless of whether the person is required to have a license, and includes but is not limited to superintendents, assistant superintendents and business managers.
(b) "Administrator" does not include a person who is subject to ORS 342.805 to 342.937.
(2) A school district, education service district or public charter school shall:
(a) Enter into an employment contract, with each administrator, that has provisions that cover the duration of the contract, conditions for contract termination and extension and conditions for employee resignation; and
(b) Have the current employment contract for each administrator on file in the central office of the district or school.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a school district, education service district or public charter school may not enter into an employment contract with an administrator that contains provisions that expressly obligate the district or school to compensate the administrator for work that is not performed.
(4) A school district, education service district or public charter school may provide health benefits for an administrator who is no longer employed by the district or school until the administrator:
(a) Reaches 65 years of age; or
(b) Finds new employment that provides health benefits.
(5) For a period of one year after the termination of the contract between an administrator and a school district, education service district or public charter school, the administrator may not:
(a) Purchase property or surplus property owned by the district or school; or
(b) Use property owned by the district or school in a manner other than the manner permitted for the general public in a school district or education service district or at a public charter school. [Formerly 342.603]
Note:
342.549 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.553 - Discipline for resigning without providing required notice.

(1) Upon notice from a district school board of the resignation of a person who is licensed by or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, the commission may discipline the person if the person entered into a written contract to work in a public school and resigned the position without first providing 60 days’ written notice, or the notice required in the applicable collective bargaining agreement, to the district superintendent or the school board.
(2) In disciplining a person as provided under this section, the commission shall follow the procedure set forth in ORS 342.175 (4), 342.176 and 342.177. [Formerly 342.645; 1975 c.258 §1; 2009 c.706 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.596

[1957 c.457 §1; 1963 c.122 §1; 1965 c.100 §376; 1965 c.183 §1; 1977 c.860 §3; 1991 c.599 §1; renumbered 332.507 in 1993]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.621 - Authorized pay for licensed educators and classified school employees who provide significant special education support.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Classified school employee" includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district.
(b) "Individualized education program" has the meaning given that term in ORS 343.035.
(c) "Licensed educator" means a teacher, administrator or other school professional who is licensed, registered or certified by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
(d) "Salary" has the meaning given that term in ORS 653.010.
(e) "School district" means:
(A) A common school district or a union high school district.
(B) An education service district.
(2) For each licensed educator or classified school employee who provides significant special education support, as determined under subsection (3) of this section, a school district may pay one or more of the following:
(a) An additional percentage of the educator’s or employee’s salary or hourly wage.
(b) Notwithstanding ORS 652.220, a one-time payment in addition to the educator’s or employee’s salary or hourly wage.
(3) For purposes of this section, a licensed educator or a classified school employee provides significant special education support if 75 percent or more of the educator’s or employee’s student caseload consists of students who have an individualized education program.
(4) A salary or wage increase specified in subsection (2) of this section is exclusive of health benefits and other benefits the school district provides to licensed educators or classified school employees or that are otherwise required under the laws of this state. [2023 c.592 §5]
Note:
342.621 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.626 - Work hour requirements for classified school employees who provide significant special education support.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Classified school employee" includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district.
(b) "Individualized education program" has the meaning given that term in ORS 343.035.
(c) "School district" means:
(A) A common school district or a union high school district.
(B) An education service district.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a school district that employs classified school employees who provide significant special education support, as determined under subsection (4) of this section, may not establish, for any purpose, a policy that requires the work day hours of a classified school employee to be fewer than five hours per work day on regular school days when schools are normally in operation and students are present.
(3)(a) A school district may reduce the work day hours of a classified school employee to fewer than five hours per work day if the reduction in hours is at the written request of the employee.
(b) A school district may not coerce or require, as a condition of employment or continuation of employment, a classified school employee to make a request for a reduction in work day hours.
(4) For the purpose of this section, a classified school employee provides significant special education support if 75 percent or more of the employee’s student caseload consists of students who have an individualized education program. [2023 c.592 §6]
Note:
342.626 becomes operative July 1, 2024. See section 7, chapter 592, Oregon Laws 2023.
Note:
342.626 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.664 - Required ratio of pupils to staff holders of first aid cards; waiver; rules.

(1) The State Board of Education shall establish by rule the ratio of the number of pupils to the number of staff members who must hold current, recognized first aid cards in each school.
(2) In order to attain or maintain the ratio set under subsection (1) of this section, the district may require any staff member as a condition of employment to hold a current, recognized first aid card. The staff member shall have 90 days from the date on which the district imposes the requirement to obtain the first aid card.
(3) The district may waive the requirement of subsection (2) of this section for any staff member who is unable by reason of disability to obtain a recognized first aid card. [Formerly 342.169; 2011 c.313 §16]
Note:
342.664 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.700 - Policy on sexual harassment; posting and availability of policy.

It is the policy of the State of Oregon that sexual harassment will not be tolerated in schools. A school district shall adopt a policy on sexual harassment for students and staff members that meets the requirements of ORS 342.704. A school district shall make the sexual harassment policy available to students, parents of students and staff members. A school district’s sexual harassment policy shall be posted on a sign that is at least 8.5 by 11 inches in size. The school district shall post the sign in all grade 6 through 12 schools in the school district. [1997 c.272 §1; 2018 c.38 §2]
Note:
342.700 to 342.708 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.708 - ORS 342.700 and 342.704 not limitation on or prerequisite for other rights and remedies.

Nothing in ORS 342.700 and 342.704 is intended to limit or operate as a prerequisite to pursuing any rights or remedies provided under other statutes or the common law. [1997 c.272 §3]
Note:
See note under 342.700.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.721 - Definitions for ORS 342.723 and 342.726.

As used in ORS 342.723 and 342.726:
(1) "Anabolic steroid" includes any drug or hormonal substance chemically or pharmacologically related to testosterone, all prohormones, including dehydroepiandrosterone and all substances listed in the Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004. "Anabolic steroid" does not include estrogens, progestins, corticosteroids and mineralocorticoids.
(2) "Performance-enhancing substance" means a manufactured product for oral ingestion, intranasal application or inhalation containing compounds that:
(a) Contain a stimulant, amino acid, hormone precursor, herb or other botanical or any other substance other than an essential vitamin or mineral; and
(b) Are intended to increase athletic performance, promote muscle growth, induce weight loss or increase an individual’s endurance or capacity for exercise.
(3) "School district employee" means:
(a) An administrator, teacher or other person employed by a school district;
(b) A person who volunteers for a school district; and
(c) A person who is performing services on behalf of a school district pursuant to a contract. [2007 c.395 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.723 - Prohibitions on school district employees.

A school district employee may not:
(1) Knowingly sell, market or distribute an anabolic steroid or performance-enhancing substance to a kindergarten through grade 12 student with whom the employee has contact as part of the employee’s school district duties; or
(2) Knowingly endorse or suggest the ingestion, intranasal application or inhalation of an anabolic steroid or performance-enhancing substance by a kindergarten through grade 12 student with whom the employee has contact as part of the employee’s school district duties. [2007 c.395 §2]
Note:
See note under 342.721.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.726 - Curricula to include information on steroids and performance-enhancing substances; training of school employees.

(1) School districts shall include information on anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing substances, including prevention strategies, strength-building alternatives and the understanding of health food labels, in health and physical education curricula for kindergarten through grade 12 students.
(2) The Department of Education shall ensure that school districts are utilizing evidence-based programs such as the Oregon Health and Science University’s Athletes Training and Learning to Avoid Steroids (ATLAS) and Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives (ATHENA), which have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing anabolic steroid and performance-enhancing substance use by high school athletes.
(3) The department shall work with voluntary organizations that administer interscholastic activities to require school district employees who are coaches or athletic directors to receive training once every four years on identifying the components of anabolic steroid abuse and use and prevention strategies for the use of performance-enhancing substances. [2007 c.395 §3; 2008 c.39 §5; 2011 c.313 §22]
Note:
See note under 342.721.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.805 - Short title.

ORS 342.805 to 342.937 shall be known as the Accountability for Schools for the 21st Century Law. [1965 c.608 §1; 1971 c.570 §2; 1977 c.881 §1; 1997 c.864 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.835 - Probationary teacher.

(1) The district board of any fair dismissal district may discharge or remove any probationary teacher in the employ of the district at any time during a probationary period for any cause considered in good faith sufficient by the board. The probationary teacher shall be given a written copy of the reasons for the dismissal, and upon request shall be provided a hearing thereon by the board, at which time the probationary teacher shall have the opportunity to be heard either in person or by a representative of the teacher’s choice.
(2) For any cause it may deem in good faith sufficient, the district board may refuse to renew the contract of any probationary teacher. However, the teacher shall be entitled to notice of the intended action by March 15, and upon request shall be provided a hearing before the district board. Upon request of the probationary teacher the board shall provide the probationary teacher a written copy of the reasons for the nonrenewal, which shall provide the basis for the hearing.
(3) If an appeal is taken from any hearing, the appeal shall be to the circuit court for the county in which the headquarters of the school district is located and shall be limited to the following:
(a) The procedures at the hearing;
(b) Whether the written copy of reasons for dismissal required by this section was supplied; and
(c) In the case of nonrenewal, whether notice of nonrenewal was timely given. [1965 c.608 §4; 1971 c.570 §4; 1975 c.727 §1; 1979 c.714 §2; 1981 c.323 §1; 2007 c.251 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.840 - Determination of length of service for probationary teacher.

For purposes of determining length of service for a probationary teacher, a teacher employed for 135 consecutive days in any school year shall receive credit for a full year of employment. At least 30 consecutive days of employment in the same district in a successive year shall be sufficient to keep the service intact, and the teacher shall not lose credit for previous probationary years served. [1981 c.299 §3]
Note:
342.840 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly and was added to 342.805 to 342.937 but was not added to or made a part of any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.856 - Core teaching standards.

(1) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, shall adopt core teaching standards to improve student academic growth and learning by:
(a) Assisting school districts in determining the effectiveness of teachers and administrators and in making human resource decisions; and
(b) Improving the professional development and the classroom and administrative practices of teachers and administrators.
(2) The core teaching standards adopted under this section must:
(a) Take into consideration multiple measures of teacher effectiveness, based on widely accepted standards of teaching that encompass a range of appropriate teaching behaviors and that use multiple evaluation methods;
(b) Take into consideration evidence of student academic growth and learning based on multiple measures of student progress, including performance data of students, schools and school districts;
(c) Be research-based;
(d) Be separately developed for teachers and administrators; and
(e) Be able to be customized for each school district, which may include individualized weighting and application of standards.
(3) The core teaching standards adopted under this section must attempt to:
(a) Strengthen the knowledge, skills, disposition and classroom and administrative practices of teachers and administrators in public schools;
(b) Refine the support, assistance and professional growth opportunities offered to a teacher or an administrator, based on the individual needs of the teacher or administrator and the needs of the students, the school and the school district of the teacher or administrator;
(c) Allow each teacher or administrator to establish a set of classroom or administrative practices and student learning objectives that are based on the individual circumstances of the teacher or administrator, including the classroom or other assignments of the teacher or administrator;
(d) Establish a formative growth process for each teacher and administrator that supports professional learning and collaboration with other teachers and administrators; and
(e) Use evaluation methods and professional development, support and other activities that are based on curricular standards and that are targeted to the needs of each teacher and administrator.
(4) A school district board must include the core teaching standards adopted under this section for all evaluations of teachers and administrators of the school district. The standards shall be customized based on the collaborative efforts of the teachers and administrators of the school district and the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees of the school district. [2011 c.729 §2; 2011 c.729 §4]
Note:
342.856 was added to and made a part of 342.805 to 342.937 by legislative action but was not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.865 - Grounds for dismissal or contract nonextension of contract teacher.

(1) No contract teacher shall be dismissed or the teacher’s contract nonextended except for:
(a) Inefficiency;
(b) Immorality;
(c) Insubordination;
(d) Neglect of duty, including duties specified by written rule;
(e) Physical or mental incapacity;
(f) Conviction of a felony or of a crime according to the provisions of ORS 342.143;
(g) Inadequate performance;
(h) Failure to comply with such reasonable requirements as the board may prescribe to show normal improvement and evidence of professional training and growth; or
(i) Any cause which constitutes grounds for the revocation of such contract teacher’s teaching license.
(2) In determining whether the professional performance of a contract teacher is adequate, consideration shall be given to regular and special evaluation reports prepared in accordance with the policy of the employing school district and to any written standards of performance which shall have been adopted by the board.
(3) Suspension or dismissal on the grounds contained in subsection (1)(e) of this section shall not disqualify the teacher involved for any of the disability benefits provided in ORS chapter 238, or any of the benefits provided in ORS 332.507.
(4) Dismissal under subsection (1)(f) of this section shall remove the individual from any school district policies, collective bargaining provisions regarding dismissal procedures and appeals and the provisions of ORS 342.805 to 342.937. [1965 c.608 §§9,19; 1973 c.298 §4; 1977 c.860 §4; 1981 c.569 §1; 1995 c.446 §10; 1997 c.249 §104; 1997 c.864 §10; 1999 c.130 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.875 - Suspension; reinstatement.

Whenever a district superintendent has reason to believe that cause exists for the dismissal of a contract teacher on any ground specified in ORS 342.865 (1)(b) to (f), and when the district superintendent is of the opinion that immediate suspension of the teacher is necessary for the best interest of education in the district, the district superintendent may suspend a contract teacher from the position without prior notice to the teacher. The teacher’s salary shall continue during the first five days of the suspension period. However, within five days after such suspension becomes effective, either procedure shall be commenced for the dismissal of the teacher pursuant to the provisions of ORS 342.805 to 342.937 or the teacher must be reinstated. [1965 c.608 §7; 1971 c.570 §6; 1977 c.881 §4; 1997 c.864 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.910 - Waiver of contract grievance claim if appeal of dismissal decision filed; waiver of certain rights and procedures.

(1) Any teacher who files an appeal of a dismissal or nonextension of a contract decision with the Fair Dismissal Appeals Board, upon motion of the school district, shall be required to waive any contract grievance claim regarding the same dismissal or nonextension of a contract as a condition to Fair Dismissal Appeals Board or subsequent judicial review.
(2) A school district and an exclusive bargaining representative of teachers may agree to waive all or any part of the rights and procedures provided under ORS 342.805 to 342.937 if third party review of any dismissal or nonextension of a contract teacher is available. [1995 c.286 §16; 1997 c.864 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.937 - Reimbursement for teacher dismissal costs.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may reimburse any school districts for all or part of the costs reasonably related to a dismissal of a contract teacher or nonextension of a contract teacher’s contract, or appeal therefrom under ORS 342.805 to 342.937, provided that the school district is the ultimate prevailing party. The superintendent may consider the school district’s ability to pay the costs related to the dismissal or nonextension of the contract teacher, and seek such funds from the Emergency Board as may be in the superintendent’s judgment necessary to carry out this provision. [1997 c.864 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.953 - Educator Advancement Fund.

(1) The Educator Advancement Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Educator Advancement Fund shall be credited to the Educator Advancement Fund.
(2) Moneys in the Educator Advancement Fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the Educator Advancement Council created by ORS 342.940.
(3) The Department of Education, on behalf of the State of Oregon, may solicit and accept gifts, grants or donations from public and private sources for the Educator Advancement Council. Moneys received under this subsection shall be deposited into the Educator Advancement Fund. [2013 c.577 §11; 2017 c.639 §§5,21]
Note:
342.953 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.961 - Internal investigations of employee misconduct or wrongdoing.

Notwithstanding any other law, a district school board may conduct internal investigations of alleged employee misconduct or wrongdoing at any time. [1997 c.864 §17]
Note:
342.961 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 342 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.965 - Interchange of teachers.

A district school board may provide for the interchange of teachers with school districts of other states or countries. Teachers exchanged shall teach one year, the year’s service outside the state being credited to them as service in the district in which they are regularly employed when the interchange is made. The salary of the Oregon teacher shall be paid by the Oregon school district and the salaries of the teachers from outside of Oregon shall be paid by the school districts in their respective states or countries. [Formerly 342.510]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 342 - Teachers and Other School Personnel › Section 342.971 - Educator Preparation Improvement Fund.

(1) There is created the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) The Teacher Standards and Practices Commission may accept from any source any grant, donation or gift of money or other valuable thing made to the commission for purposes of the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund.
(3) Moneys credited to the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for the purposes set forth in subsection (4) of this section. The commission may draw checks or orders upon the State Treasurer in making disbursements from the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund for the purposes set forth in subsection (4) of this section.
(4) The purpose of the Educator Preparation Improvement Fund is to encourage approved educator preparation programs and school district partnerships that:
(a) Respond to changes in education of students in preprimary programs and grades 1 through 12;
(b) Encourage collaboration around delivery models that provide effective professional preparation;
(c) Recognize the needs of the education workforce in this state, including but not limited to recruiting underrepresented persons, teachers and administrators to work in high needs areas such as special education, mathematics, science and teaching English to speakers of other languages;
(d) Encourage collaborative initiatives that improve student success and postsecondary access and achievement; and
(e) Respond to the need for national accreditation of approved educator preparation programs in this state. [2011 c.609 §2; 2015 c.245 §36; 2015 c.647 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 343 - Special Education and Other Specialized Education Services › Section 343.041 - Supervision of programs for children with disabilities by Superintendent of Public Instruction; rules; complaint procedure; staff training; public agency cooperative agreements.

(1) Pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall be responsible for the general supervision of all special education programs for children with disabilities, early childhood special education and early intervention services for preschool children with disabilities within the state, including all such programs administered by any state agency or common or union high school district or education service district.
(2) All special education programs for children with disabilities, early childhood special education and early intervention services for preschool children with disabilities within this state shall meet the standards and criteria established therefor by the State Board of Education.
(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule procedures whereby the superintendent investigates and resolves complaints that the Department of Education, a local education agency or an early intervention or early childhood special education contractor has violated a federal law or statute that applies to a special education or early childhood special education program. Complaint procedures must comply with the provisions of ORS 343.165.
(4) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules relating to the establishment and maintenance of standards to ensure that personnel providing special education and early childhood special education and early intervention services are appropriately and adequately trained.
(5) The Governor shall direct that agencies affected by this section enter into cooperative agreements to achieve necessary uniformity in meeting the standards and criteria established by the state board under subsection (2) of this section.
(6) The Governor shall direct that each public agency obligated under federal or state law to provide or pay for any services that are also considered special education or related services necessary for ensuring a free appropriate public education to children with disabilities, including but not limited to the Department of Human Services, enter into cooperative agreements with the Department of Education concerning:
(a) Allocation among agencies of financial responsibility for providing services;
(b) Conditions, terms and procedures for reimbursement; and
(c) Policies and procedures for coordinating timely and appropriate delivery of services.
(7) All cooperative agreements entered into under subsections (5) and (6) of this section shall include procedures for resolving interagency disputes. [1977 c.528 §3; 1989 c.491 §30; 1991 c.749 §2; 1999 c.989 §6; 2005 c.22 §237; 2023 c.189 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 343 - Special Education and Other Specialized Education Services › Section 343.045 - Criteria for development and operation of special programs; rules.

The State Board of Education shall establish by rule criteria to guide the development and operation of special programs authorized by this chapter. The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall apply these criteria in certifying such programs for reimbursement specifically provided by law for such programs. The criteria shall be limited to educational services and educational programs and shall not include treatment. [Formerly 343.235; 1975 c.621 §1; 1977 c.714 §10; 1989 c.491 §31]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 343 - Special Education and Other Specialized Education Services › Section 343.055 - Administration of programs by Superintendent of Public Instruction; rules; powers of board.

(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall administer all programs established under this chapter. The State Board of Education, consistent with the provisions of ORS 342.120 to 342.430, shall adopt rules relating to qualifications of teachers, supervisors, work experience coordinators, coordinators of volunteer services and trainers of volunteer personnel, courses of study, admission, eligibility of children, size of special facilities, rooms and equipment, supervision, territory to be served, and such other rules as the board considers necessary to administer this chapter.
(2) Out of such funds as may otherwise be appropriated for the purposes enumerated in this section, the State Board of Education may:
(a) Purchase and prepare equipment and supplies to be loaned to school districts and county or regional special education facilities which provide approved programs for children with disabilities in the public schools.
(b) Contract with and pay an educational institution, either within or without the state, for the purpose of providing educational services for children who are both deaf and blind.
(c) Purchase and prepare equipment and supplies to be loaned to early childhood special education and early intervention contractors that provide approved programs for preschool children with disabilities. [Formerly 343.500; 1967 c.329 §1; 1975 c.621 §2; 1989 c.491 §32; 1991 c.749 §3; 1993 c.45 §199]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 343 - Special Education and Other Specialized Education Services › Section 343.065 - Employment of personnel to supervise types of services for special programs; duties; distribution of training materials.

(1) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall employ personnel qualified by training and experience to supervise the types of services required by the special programs authorized by this chapter. Personnel so employed shall assist the school districts, county and regional facilities, early childhood special education programs, early intervention services and hospitals in the organization and development of special programs authorized by this chapter, shall have general supervision of such programs, and shall assist school districts, early childhood special education and early intervention contractors in obtaining required services, equipment and materials, particularly where the number of children is too small to justify district or contractor purchase of equipment and materials.
(2) The Department of Education shall distribute to all school districts administrative guidelines, technical assistance materials, practice guidance materials and other training materials it develops for the purpose of assisting school districts in complying with the provisions of this chapter and with rules adopted by the department under this chapter.
(3) Upon receipt of any materials described in subsection (2) of this section, a school district shall distribute copies of the materials to all instructional staff. [Formerly 343.255; 1991 c.749 §4; 1999 c.639 §2; 2009 c.255 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 343 - Special Education and Other Specialized Education Services › Section 343.068 - Work conditions of school district employees assigned to work with students with specialized needs.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "504 Plan" means an education plan developed for a student in accordance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794.
(b) "School district employee" includes all school district employees, including classified and licensed employees regardless of job title or position description.
(c) "Students with specialized needs" includes students who have an individualized education program, a 504 Plan or a behavior intervention plan or who otherwise have specialized educational needs.
(2)(a) Subject to federal laws related to the confidentiality of educational or health records, all school district employees assigned to work with a student with specialized needs to assist the student with the educational, behavioral, medical, health or disability-related support needs of the student must:
(A) Have access to the individualized education program, 504 Plan, behavior intervention plan, medical support protocols or any other documentation related to the school district employee’s responsibilities to assist with the student’s educational, behavioral, medical, health or disability-related support needs.
(B) Be consulted with when the education plan for the student is being developed, reviewed or revised, including being invited to, and compensated for attending, meetings regarding:
(i) The student’s individualized education program, 504 Plan or behavior intervention plan; or
(ii) The student, when the decisions made and issues discussed are related to the responsibilities of the school district employee to support the student or when the school district employee has unique information about the student’s needs and present level of performance.
(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this subsection, a school district employee attending a meeting may not substitute for the participation of a licensed regular education teacher.
(3) All school district employees assigned to work with a student with specialized needs to carry out duties related to the implementation of an individualized education program, 504 Plan, behavior intervention plan or medical support protocol must be provided by the school district with adequate training to safely carry out each of the specialized duties assigned to the school district employee. [2023 c.161 §2]