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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.021 - Percentages and time of payment of apportionments to education service districts.

(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall distribute funds payable to education service districts from the State School Fund following the same percentages and dates specified for school districts under ORS 327.095.
(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the superintendent may specify an alternative date for making a distribution if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of the Department of Education to make a distribution by a specified date.
(2) The Department of Education may require reports from education service districts of projected and estimated data necessary for the calculation of the State School Fund grant amount.
(3) The Department of Education may adjust distributions to an education service district to reflect the difference between the amount payable to the education service district and the amount actually distributed to the education service district based on audited data and data received from reports from education service districts. [2001 c.695 §11; 2009 c.184 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.022 - Pediatric Nursing Facility Account.

(1) The Pediatric Nursing Facility Account is established within the State School Fund.
(2) The account shall consist of any moneys transferred as provided by ORS 327.008 and any other state or federal moneys available for the payments of the costs of educational services provided to students admitted to pediatric nursing facilities, as defined in ORS 442.015.
(3) Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of making payments pursuant to ORS 343.941 for the costs of educational services provided to students admitted to pediatric nursing facilities.
(4) If the amount available in the account is not adequate to meet costs, the Department of Education shall submit a revised budget to the Legislative Assembly or, if the Legislative Assembly is not in session, to the Emergency Board. [2014 c.81 §5]
Note:
327.022 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 327 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 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.023 - Grants for special and compensatory education programs.

In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall provide from state funds appropriated therefor, grants in aid or support for special and compensatory education programs including:
(1) The Oregon School for the Deaf.
(2) Medicaid match for administration efforts to secure Medicaid funds for services provided to children with disabilities.
(3) Hospital programs for education services to children who are hospitalized for extended periods of time or who require hospitalization due to severe disabilities as described in ORS 343.261.
(4) Eligible day treatment programs and eligible residential treatment programs for education services to children who are in the treatment programs as described in ORS 343.961.
(5) Regional services provided to children with a low incidence disability, as described in ORS 343.236.
(6) Early childhood special education provided to preschool children with disabilities from age three until age of eligibility for kindergarten as described in ORS 339.185, 343.035, 343.041, 343.055, 343.065, 343.157 and 343.455 to 343.534.
(7) Early intervention services for preschool children from birth until age three as described in ORS 339.185, 343.035, 343.041, 343.055, 343.065, 343.157 and 343.455 to 343.534.
(8) Evaluation services for children with disabilities to determine program eligibility and needs as described in ORS 343.146.
(9) Education services to children residing at state hospitals.
(10) Disadvantaged children program under ORS 343.680.
(11) Early childhood education under ORS 329.235.
(12) Child development specialist program under ORS 329.255.
(13) Youth care centers under ORS 420.885 that are not within a detention facility, as defined in ORS 419A.004.
(14) Staff development and mentoring.
(15) Career and technical education grants.
(16) Special science education programs.
(17) Talented and Gifted children program under ORS 343.391 to 343.413.
(18) Pediatric nursing facility programs for educational services provided to students who are admitted to pediatric nursing facilities as provided in ORS 343.941. [1991 c.780 §5; 1993 c.45 §292; 1999 c.989 §33; 2001 c.900 §240; 2007 c.70 §92; 2007 c.858 §30; 2009 c.94 §2; 2009 c.562 §21; 2011 c.313 §3; 2011 c.701 §5; 2014 c.81 §8; 2015 c.282 §2; 2015 c.671 §2; 2021 c.190 §2; 2021 c.304 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.026 - State School Fund grant for programs; calculation; adjustment; rules.

(1) In order to accomplish the purpose described in ORS 326.700, the State Board of Education shall adopt by rule definitions and procedures to be applied to the computation of the State School Fund allocations where necessary to make students enrolled in the Youth Corrections Education Program, as defined in ORS 326.695, and the Juvenile Detention Education Program, as defined in ORS 326.695, equivalent to students enrolled in common and union high school districts for purposes of distribution of the fund.
(2)(a) The Youth Corrections Education Program shall receive from the State School Fund for each school year a special State School Fund grant, consisting of a general purpose grant that is equal to the Youth Corrections Education Program extended ADMw multiplied by Funding Percentage and further multiplied by Statewide Target per ADMw Grant. For the purpose of the calculation made under this paragraph:
(A) ADMw equals ADM multiplied by 2.0 multiplied by the additional per student weight, as calculated in ORS 327.013 (1)(c)(A)(i).
(B) Extended ADMw equals ADMw or ADMw of the prior year, whichever is greater.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Youth Corrections Education Program may not receive moneys under this section from the State School Fund for any youth in the program who:
(A) Has received a high school diploma; or
(B) Is 21 years of age or older.
(3) The Juvenile Detention Education Program shall receive from the State School Fund for each school year a special State School Fund grant, consisting of a general purpose grant that is equal to the Juvenile Detention Education Program extended ADMw multiplied by Funding Percentage and further multiplied by Statewide Target per ADMw Grant. For the purpose of the calculation made under this subsection:
(a) ADMw equals ADM multiplied by 1.5.
(b) Extended ADMw equals ADMw or ADMw of the prior year, whichever is greater.
(4) Funds allocated to the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program from the State School Fund shall remain with the Department of Education and shall be adjusted in the year following the distribution to reflect the actual ADMw of students in the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program in the same manner as for the school districts under ORS 327.101. [1995 c.649 §7; 1997 c.821 §17; 2001 c.681 §5; 2007 c.839 §17; 2009 c.698 §12; 2014 c.6 §1; 2017 c.726 §5; 2018 c.39 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.028

[1957 c.612 §4 (enacted in lieu of 327.025); 1957 c.708 §5; 1959 c.388 §4; 1965 c.100 §22; renumbered 327.075]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.029 - Allocations for approved recovery schools; rules.

(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule definitions and procedures to be applied to the computation of the State School Fund allocations and Statewide Education Initiatives Account allocations to be used for approved recovery schools, as defined in ORS 336.680. When adopting rules, the board must collaborate with the advisory committee established by ORS 336.685.
(2) For allocations made from the State School Fund, each approved recovery school shall receive for each school year a special State School Fund grant, consisting of a general purpose grant that is equal to the amount that the school district in which the approved recovery school is located would receive for the student. The amount that the school district would receive for the student shall:
(a) Be based on the school district’s general purpose grant per ADM as calculated under ORS 327.013; and
(b) Include any additional amounts attributable to the student under ORS 327.013 (1)(c), subject to any applicable limitations under ORS 327.013 (1)(c)(C).
(3) For allocations made from the Statewide Education Initiatives Account, the rules adopted under this section shall provide, to the greatest extent practicable but subject to the discretion of the board, that allocations shall be in an amount necessary to pay the difference between:
(a) The actual cost for providing education to students at the approved recovery school; and
(b) The amounts received for providing education to students at the approved recovery school from allocations made from the State School Fund under subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Funds allocated to approved recovery schools from the State School Fund and the Statewide Education Initiatives Account shall remain with the Department of Education and shall be adjusted in the year following the distribution to reflect the actual ADMw of students in the approved recovery schools in the same manner as for school districts under ORS 327.101. [2023 c.513 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.061 - Computation of number of students in average daily membership.

(1)(a) Numbers of students in average daily membership used in the distribution formula as specified in ORS 327.013 (1)(c), shall be projections of the average daily membership in the school district for the school year ending on June 30 of the distribution year. The Department of Education shall verify all projections used for purposes of the distribution formula.
(b) For the purpose of paragraph (a) of this subsection:
(A) A student may be included in average daily membership only if the student is reported with a school identification number, as issued in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
(B) A student may not be included in average daily membership if the student has only a program identification number. As used in this subparagraph, "program" means a series of interrelated activities or services contributing to the attainment of a goal or set of goals that are provided on a part-time basis, for a temporary time period or as a secondary component of educational services.
(2) The department shall use information from the Department of Revenue under ORS 311.175 as the basis for determining projected school district property taxes. The department shall request relevant information from the school districts to enable the department to estimate the amount each school district shall receive from the State School Fund. The department shall provide this estimate no later than the first Monday in March of each year for the distribution for the following fiscal year.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, a school district may appeal to the department any projection verified by the department under subsection (1) of this section. The department shall rule on the appeal in a timely manner and if necessary issue a revised estimate of the amount each school district shall receive from the State School Fund no later than the last Friday in March.
(4) A school district may not appeal any projection verified under subsection (1) of this section if the school district failed to provide information requested by the department under subsection (2) of this section.
(5) Notwithstanding the dates provided by this section and pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may specify an alternative date to provide an estimate or revised estimate if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of the Department of Education to provide the estimate or revised estimate by the date specified by this section. [1991 c.780 §11; 1993 c.18 §88; 2009 c.184 §2; 2009 c.698 §13; 2023 c.197 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.094

[Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1957 c.626 §13; subsection (3) of 1957 Replacement Part enacted as 1957 s.s. c.2 §4(3); 1959 c.388 §11; 1963 c.570 §7; 1965 c.100 §25; subsection (4) enacted as 1971 c.22 §3; 1989 c.456 §1; repealed by 1991 c.780 §30]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.095 - Percentages and time of payment of apportionments to school districts.

(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, funds due school districts under ORS 327.008 and 327.013 shall be paid approximately 16-2/3 percent on July 15, approximately eight and one-third percent on the 15th day of each of the months of August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March and April and the balance on May 15. An equitable apportionment based on the most recent data available shall be made on the installment dates prior to May 15. If such payments are too high or too low, appropriate adjustments shall be made in the May 15 payments.
(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may specify an alternative date for making an apportionment if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of the Department of Education to make an apportionment by a specified date.
(2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, if the reports required by ORS 327.133 have not been received from a school district when due, no further apportionments shall be made to the school district until the reports are filed.
(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive a reporting date or specify an alternative date for providing reports if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of the school district to provide the reports by a specified date.
(3) If the combined estimated level of ADMw under ORS 327.013 (1)(c) of all school districts is less than the statewide projected level of ADMw, the Department of Education may:
(a) Adjust the distributions to school districts on the installment dates to reflect the difference; and
(b) Set aside an amount of the funds appropriated to the State School Fund for the fiscal year until the May 15 distribution. [Amended by 1953 c.108 §3; 1957 c.612 §14; 1959 c.388 §12; 1965 c.100 §24; 1975 c.196 §1; 1977 c.280 §1; 1977 c.840 §8; 1981 c.678 §9; 1983 c.610 §7; 1991 c.780 §16; 1997 c.821 §18; 2002 s.s.1 c.4 §1; 2002 s.s.4 c.1 §1; 2009 c.184 §3; 2009 c.698 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.097 - Apportionment where district changed.

Where any territorial or organizational change in a school district has occurred between the date of the report and the apportionment, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make the payment on an equitable basis to the districts the territory or organization of which has been changed. [Formerly 327.074]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.099 - Adjustment of distribution within fiscal year.

(1) The Department of Education shall adjust the distribution to a school district to reflect the difference between the estimated level of local revenues to the district under ORS 327.011 and the projected level of those same local revenues used to calculate the State School Fund apportionment to the district. The adjustment shall be incorporated in the May 15 apportionment to the district in the distribution year.
(2) The department shall adjust the May 15 apportionment to a school district in the distribution year to reflect an ADMw of the district equal to the higher of the ADMw of the prior year or the adjusted ADMw for the December quarter. Adjusted ADMw for the December quarter shall equal:
(a) ADMw as determined by the department from information provided in the December quarterly report for the current distribution year filed with the department under ORS 327.133;
(b) Multiplied by the lesser of 1.0 or the average of the ratios for the preceding two years of the ADM for the year ending June 30 to the ADM for the quarter ending December 31 for the same school year as filed under ORS 327.133.
(3) The sum equal to the sum of all negative adjustments made to the May 15 apportionment under subsection (1) of this section shall be used by the department for purposes of funding positive adjustments required under subsection (1) of this section and adjustments required under subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The department shall also set aside an amount of the funds appropriated to the State School Fund for the fiscal year to fund any positive adjustments required under subsection (1) of this section and adjustments required under subsection (2) of this section in excess of the amount available under subsection (3) of this section. The amount set aside shall be as determined by law.
(5) If the amounts available under subsections (3) and (4) of this section are either not sufficient to fund the positive adjustments or exceed the positive adjustments to districts required under subsections (1) and (2) of this section and the adjustments required under subsection (2) of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall recalculate the funding percentage in ORS 327.013 (1)(a) to distribute as nearly as practicable the total sum available for distribution. [1991 c.780 §12; 1993 c.61 §7; 2003 c.715 §24; 2005 c.755 §19; 2009 c.698 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.101 - Adjustment of distribution between fiscal years.

(1) Each fiscal year, the distribution to a school district under ORS 327.008 and 327.013 shall be adjusted to fully reflect the difference between the apportionment due to the district for the prior fiscal year under ORS 327.008 and 327.013, and the amounts actually distributed to the district in the prior fiscal year under ORS 327.008, 327.013 and 327.099. The adjustment shall be made to the May 15 apportionment to the district.
(2) No consideration shall be made in the adjustment made under subsection (1) of this section for any penalties, forfeitures or additional receipts of State School Fund moneys, except when expressly directed by law.
(3) An amount of funds equal to the sum of all negative adjustments made to the May 15 apportionment under subsection (1) of this section shall be used by the Department of Education for purposes of funding positive adjustments required under subsection (1) of this section in the same fiscal year.
(4) If the amounts available under subsection (3) of this section are either not sufficient or exceed the adjustments to districts required under subsection (1) of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall recalculate the funding percentage in ORS 327.013 (1)(a) to distribute as nearly as practicable the total sum available for distribution. [1991 c.780 §13; 1993 c.61 §8; 2005 c.209 §4; 2005 c.755 §20; 2009 c.698 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.102 - Standard school complaints; process; rules.

(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule requirements for the process that a school district must use when the district receives a complaint pertaining to whether a school in the district is a standard school as defined in ORS 327.006.
(2) The rules adopted by the board shall require school districts to establish and implement a process for the prompt resolution of a complaint and shall require the process to:
(a) Have specific timelines for the completion of the process by both the district and the person making the complaint;
(b) Have a specific time period within which the district must make a final decision on a complaint, after which the final decision on the complaint may be appealed to the Superintendent of Public Instruction; and
(c) Recognize that if a district does not provide a written decision within the specific time period, failure to provide such a decision will be regarded as the district’s final decision. [2007 c.519 §1]
Note:
327.102 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.103 - Standard school presumed; effect of finding of deficiency; rules.

(1) All school districts are presumed to maintain a standard school district until the school district has been found to be deficient by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, pursuant to standards and rules of the State Board of Education.
(2) If any deficiencies are not corrected before the beginning of the school year next following the date of the finding of deficiency and if an extension has not been granted under subsection (3) of this section, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may withhold portions of State School Fund moneys otherwise allocated to the school district for operating expenses until such deficiencies are corrected unless the withholding would create an undue hardship, as determined pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education.
(3)(a) Within 90 days of the finding of deficiency, a school district found not to be in compliance shall submit a plan, acceptable to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for meeting standardization requirements. A team of Department of Education staff shall contact the school district and offer technical assistance. When an acceptable plan for meeting standardization requirements has been submitted, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may allow an extension of time before withholding moneys, not to exceed 12 months, if the superintendent determines that such deficiencies cannot be corrected or removed before the beginning of the next school year.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may not grant an extension of time if a school district could correct the deficiency through merger.
(c) For the period of the extension of time under this subsection, the school district shall be considered a conditionally standard school district.
(4)(a) Regardless of whether the Superintendent of Public Instruction has granted a school district an extension of time under subsection (3) of this section and except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, a school district that fails to submit a plan for meeting standardization requirements within the time specified by the superintendent may not receive further State School Fund moneys until a plan acceptable to the superintendent is submitted.
(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may extend the time specified for submitting a plan if the superintendent determines that a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of the school district to comply with the date requirement. [Formerly 327.032; 1989 c.491 §5; 1991 c.693 §32; 1995 c.660 §47a; 2003 c.390 §§1,3; 2009 c.184 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.106 - School districts required to offer kindergarten through grade 12; exceptions.

(1) Any school district that does not offer education programs in kindergarten through grade 12 shall be considered nonstandard under ORS 327.103. A school district may satisfy the requirements of this section by offering half-day kindergarten or full-day kindergarten.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a school district is not considered to be nonstandard under ORS 327.103 if the school district:
(a) Is not required to merge under section 2 (3) or (4), chapter 393, Oregon Laws 1991.
(b) Meets all of the following requirements:
(A) The school district offered education programs in kindergarten through grade 12 on September 1, 1996;
(B) After September 1, 1996, a majority of the board of the school district voted not to offer education programs in grades 9 through 12; and
(C) The school district merges with a unified school district and the merger takes effect under ORS 330.103 within one year after the vote of the board under this paragraph.
(c) Is a union high school district, as defined in ORS 330.005. [1991 c.393 §3; 1995 c.659 §2; 1997 c.521 §13; 2011 c.704 §4]
Note:
327.106 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.120 - Correction of errors in apportionments.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction may correct, in a succeeding year, any errors in apportionment by the withholding of the amount of an overapportionment or by the payment of an underapportionment from funds to be apportioned.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.125 - Superintendent to administer statutes related to state financing of education; board rules.

The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall administer the provisions of ORS 327.006 to 327.133, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731. The State Board of Education shall adopt all necessary rules not inconsistent with ORS 327.006 to 327.133, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731 to carry into effect the provisions of those statutes. [Amended by 1963 c.570 §8; 1965 c.100 §29; 1989 c.491 §6; 1991 c.780 §17; 2007 c.846 §14; 2013 c.735 §§10,11; 2021 c.355 §7]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.128 - Disbursement and expenditures of moneys appropriated or allocated to Department of Education.

(1) The Department of Education shall disburse and expend moneys in a manner that is consistent with the intended purposes for which the moneys were appropriated or allocated to the department.
(2) If moneys are appropriated or allocated to the department and provisions for the intended disbursement or expenditure of the moneys are not provided in statute, in agreement or by any other means related to the appropriation or allocation, the department may disburse or expend the moneys in the manner the department determines is most consistent with the intended purposes for which the moneys were appropriated or allocated, including by:
(a) Awarding a grant;
(b) Entering into a contract, intergovernmental agreement or other legal agreement; or
(c) Passing through moneys based on state or federal law or legal agreement.
(3) This section applies to funds received from the federal government or its agencies, funds appropriated by the Legislative Assembly or any other funds appropriated or allocated to the department. [2021 c.511 §2]
Note:
327.128 was added to and made a part of ORS chapter 327 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 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.133 - Reports by districts.

(1)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, each school district, other than an education service district, shall file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction:
(A) By July 15 of each year, an annual report covering the school year ending on the preceding June 30; and
(B) By January 15, of each year, a December quarterly report covering the quarter of the current school year commencing October 1 and ending December 31.
(b) Pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may waive a reporting date or specify an alternative date for filing a report if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of the school district to file a report by the specified date.
(2) Each such report shall show the average daily membership of resident pupils of the school district for the period covered and shall also contain such other information as the Superintendent of Public Instruction may require. [Formerly 327.200; 1973 c.750 §9; 2009 c.184 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.137 - Audit reports filed with department; effect of failure to file or insufficiency of report.

(1)(a) Every common or union high school district or education service district shall file a copy of its audit report with the Department of Education within six months of the end of the fiscal year for which the audit is required. The audit report shall include:
(A) Information necessary for the computation required in the administration of ORS 327.006 to 327.133, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359, 327.731, 328.542 and 530.115 and this section; and
(B) If the district is a sponsor of any public charter schools, a copy of each annual audit forwarded to the district as required by ORS 338.095 (4).
(b) If the audit report, as submitted to the district, fails to provide the detail necessary for the computation required in the administration of ORS 327.006 to 327.133, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359, 327.731, 328.542 and 530.115 and this section, the district shall submit the necessary information on forms provided by the department within the time prescribed for filing the audit in this section.
(c) The Superintendent of Public Instruction may withhold any payments from the State School Fund for a public charter school that, pursuant to ORS 338.155, are due to a district under ORS 327.095 if:
(A) The audit report filed by the district fails to include the public charter school annual audit as required by paragraph (a)(B) of this subsection; and
(B) The district has not filed the public charter school annual audit with the department by April 1.
(d) If payments are withheld as provided by paragraph (c) of this subsection, the superintendent may allow payments to be made from the State School Fund to the district upon receipt of the annual audit or upon the meeting of any other conditions identified by rule of the State Board of Education.
(e) Any district failing to file a copy of an audit report under this section or a report under ORS 327.133 may not receive any payments from the State School Fund until the report is filed.
(2) Notwithstanding the timeline provided by this section and pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the superintendent may waive a reporting date or specify an alternative date to provide the audit report or information if a human-created disaster or a natural disaster affects the ability of a school district or an education service district to provide the audit report or information by a specified date. [1965 c.199 §1; 1977 c.840 §9; 1989 c.491 §7; 1991 c.780 §18; 2005 c.209 §6; 2007 c.846 §15; 2009 c.184 §§6,7; 2011 c.316 §§3,4; 2013 c.327 §1; 2013 c.735 §§12,13,14; 2021 c.355 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.141 - Financial or performance audit initiated by department; contracts for audit; costs.

(1)(a) Based on factors identified by the State Board of Education by rule, the Department of Education may initiate a financial audit or a performance audit of a school district or an education service district.
(b) Prior to initiating an audit, the Department of Education shall:
(A) Give notice to the school district or the education service district of the department’s intent to initiate the audit; and
(B) Provide the school district or the education service district with the opportunity to provide to the department any information related to the subject of the audit.
(c) Following the review of any information provided under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the department may:
(A) Decline to proceed with the audit; or
(B) Cause the audit to be conducted.
(2) For the purpose of causing an audit to be conducted as authorized by this section, the department may enter into a contract with:
(a) The Secretary of State in accordance with ORS 297.210; or
(b) If the Secretary of State is unable or unwilling to conduct the audit, a private entity.
(3)(a) If the Secretary of State conducts the audit, the school district or education service district may be charged for a portion of the costs incurred for the audit as provided by ORS 297.210.
(b) If a private entity conducts an audit, the Department of Education may charge the school district or education service district for a portion of the costs incurred for the audit.
(4) A copy of an audit conducted as provided by this section must be forwarded to the Department of Education and to any other entity identified by the department in accordance with rules adopted by the State Board of Education. [2011 c.647 §1]
Note:
327.141 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.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.147 - Increased allocation when union high school district becomes common school district.

(1) When a union high school district becomes a common school district, as described in ORS 335.505, the common school district shall be entitled to an increased allocation, based on the total average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006, of the new common school district as follows:
(a) An additional 15 percent in the first year of operation as a common school district;
(b) An additional 10 percent in the second year of operation as a common school district; and
(c) An additional five percent in the third year of operation as a common school district.
(2) The amounts authorized by this section shall be computed based on the computation of the affected district’s allocation of moneys from the State School Fund but shall be payable from funds specifically appropriated for the purposes of this section. [1989 c.969 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.152 - Increased allocation when certain merger occurs.

(1) If a school district responsible for education in kindergarten through grade 12, that does not operate a high school, merges with a district providing education in kindergarten through grade 12, the district providing the education shall be entitled to an increased allocation, based on the average daily membership of the former district, as follows:
(a) An additional 15 percent in the first year of operation of the merged district;
(b) An additional 10 percent in the second year of operation of the merged district; and
(c) An additional five percent in the third year of operation of the merged district.
(2) The amounts authorized by this section shall be computed based on the computation of the affected district’s allocation of moneys from the State School Fund but shall be payable from funds specifically appropriated for the purposes of this section. [1989 c.969 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.157 - Minimum apportionment to school districts affected or not affected by ORS 327.147 and 327.152.

(1) Subject to the limits of funds appropriated for the implementation of ORS 327.147 and 327.152, a school district shall not be apportioned less for its average daily membership for any year subsequent to the 1989-1990 fiscal year than was estimated for the 1989-1990 fiscal year.
(2) If the funds appropriated for the implementation of ORS 327.147 and 327.152 are insufficient to meet the obligations incurred under ORS 327.147 and 327.152, each district eligible to receive funds under ORS 327.147 or 327.152 shall receive its pro rata share of the funds available for the implementation of ORS 327.147 and 327.152. [1989 c.969 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.175 - Student Investment Account.

(1) The Student Investment Account is established within the Fund for Student Success.
(2) The Student Investment Account shall consist of:
(a) Moneys transferred to the account from the Fund for Student Success;
(b) Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the account by the Legislative Assembly;
(c) Amounts donated to the account; and
(d) Other amounts deposited into the account from any source.
(3) The Department of Education, on behalf of the State of Oregon, may solicit and accept gifts, grants, donations and other moneys from public and private sources for the Student Investment Account. Moneys received as provided in this subsection shall be deposited into the Student Investment Account.
(4) Moneys in the Student Investment Account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purposes of distributing grants under ORS 327.195. [2019 c.122 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.195 - Calculations of grant amounts; distributions of grants; rules.

(1)(a) Except as provided by paragraph (d) of this subsection, the amount of a grant awarded from the Student Investment Account = the grant recipient’s ADMw ´ (the total amount available for distribution as grants in each biennium ¸ the total ADMw of all grant recipients).
(b) For purposes of this subsection and except as provided by paragraph (c) of this subsection, ADMw equals:
(A) For school districts, the ADMw as calculated under ORS 327.013, except that the additional amount allowed for students who are in poverty families, as determined under ORS 327.013 (1)(c)(A)(v)(I), shall be 0.5.
(B) For an educational program under the Youth Corrections Education Program or the Juvenile Detention Education Program, as provided in ORS 327.026.
(c) When calculating ADMw for a school district, the Department of Education shall remove from the calculation any amounts that are attributable to:
(A) A virtual public charter school, as defined in ORS 338.005;
(B) A public charter school that provided notice of the public charter school’s intent to apply for a grant as an eligible applicant; and
(C) A public charter school sponsored by, or located within, the school district that did not participate in the grant application or grant agreement.
(d) The amount of a grant distributed under this section may be adjusted by the department to ensure that:
(A) A grant recipient does not receive any moneys for uses that are not allowed uses under ORS 327.180 (3).
(B) A school district with an ADMw of 50 or less receives a minimum grant amount.
(C) Each site of the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program receives a grant amount that is no less than the minimum grant amount provided to a school district under subparagraph (B) of this paragraph.
(2) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary for the distribution of grants under this section, including establishing:
(a) The minimum grant amounts under subsection (1)(d) of this section; and
(b) Any percentages and timelines for installment payments and adjustments of those installment payments.
(3) A grant recipient shall deposit the grant moneys the grant recipient receives under this section into a separate account and shall apply amounts in that account as provided by the grant agreement. [2019 c.122 §13; 2021 c.350 §5; 2023 c.495 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.201 - Financial audits; determinations of moneys not spent in accordance with grant agreement or failure to meet performance growth targets.

(1)(a) Each year, each recipient of a grant from the Student Investment Account shall:
(A) Conduct a financial audit of the use of grant moneys that is prepared in accordance with the Municipal Audit Law; and
(B) Review the grant recipient’s progress toward meeting the performance growth targets in the grant agreement.
(b) Results of the financial audit and progress review must be:
(A) Made available at the main office of the grant recipient and on the grant recipient’s website.
(B) Presented to the governing body of the grant recipient at an open meeting, following:
(i) Oral presentation of the results by an administrator of the grant recipient to the governing body of the grant recipient; and
(ii) Opportunity for the public to comment on the results at an open meeting.
(C) Forwarded to the Department of Education.
(2)(a) Based on information received under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall determine each year whether grant moneys received by a grant recipient were used as provided by the grant agreement.
(b) If a grant recipient did not use grant moneys as provided by the grant agreement, the department shall:
(A) Collaborate with the grant recipient to identify and implement specific interventions;
(B) Provide technical assistance to the grant recipient as described in ORS 327.208; or
(C) Deduct amounts from future grant distributions.
(c) If amounts are to be deducted from future grant distributions under paragraph (b)(C) of this subsection, the grant recipient may appeal to the State Board of Education for review as provided by the board by rule.
(d) If a grant recipient fails to commit to spending all available grant moneys, the department may deduct amounts not committed from future grant distributions.
(3)(a) The department shall determine each biennium if a grant recipient does not meet performance growth targets identified in the grant agreement.
(b) If a grant recipient does not meet the performance growth targets:
(A) The grant recipient may submit an explanation for the reasons why the performance growth targets were not met; and
(B) The department may:
(i) Take into consideration the explanation submitted by the grant recipient;
(ii) Require the grant recipient to enter into a coaching program described in ORS 327.214; or
(iii) Direct the expenditure of grant moneys.
(4) Each grant recipient must conduct a performance review every four years, as required by standards adopted by the board by rule.
(5)(a) Based on a review of the information received under subsection (1) of this section, the department may require a grant recipient to conduct a financial audit on a specific funding area or multiple funding areas.
(b) The department may establish a procedure for conducting performance audits on a random basis or based on just cause as allowed under rules adopted by the board. [2019 c.122 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.208 - Technical assistance provided by the Department of Education.

(1) The Department of Education shall make available technical assistance to eligible applicants, as defined in ORS 327.185, and to recipients of a grant from the Student Investment Account. The technical assistance shall include the provision of assistance with:
(a) Strategic planning for the use of grant moneys;
(b) Developing an application for a grant from the Student Investment Account;
(c) Identifying and implementing best practices for meeting performance growth targets; and
(d) Identifying and implementing promising practices related to a grant agreement.
(2) When providing technical assistance, the department shall:
(a) Apply a process adopted by the department to strategically develop equitable policies and programs; and
(b) Ensure that technical assistance is based on the eligible applicant’s or grant recipient’s specific needs and demographics.
(3) For the purpose of providing technical assistance under this section, the department may enter into contracts with entities the department determines are qualified to provide the technical assistance. [2019 c.122 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 327 - State Financing of Early Learning and Elementary and Secondary Education › Section 327.214 - Coaching program for grant recipients that do not meet performance growth targets.

(1) The Department of Education shall establish a coaching program for recipients of a grant from the Student Investment Account that do not meet the performance growth targets specified in their grant agreements. A public charter school may participate in the coaching program only if the public charter school received a grant directly from the department and did not meet the performance growth targets specified in the public charter school’s grant agreement.
(2) If required by the department under ORS 327.201 to participate in a coaching program, a grant recipient must participate in the coaching program. Participation in the coaching program must be for at least one year, unless the department allows for a shorter period of time. Under the program, the department shall advise and counsel grant recipients on how to meet performance growth targets and shall assist grant recipients with ongoing professional development and peer collaboration.
(3) After a grant recipient has completed the coaching program, the department shall make available to the grant recipient ongoing technical assistance as described in ORS 327.208.
(4) For the purpose of providing the coaching program under this section, the department may enter into contracts with entities the department determines are qualified to provide the coaching. [2019 c.122 §17]