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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.518 - Tuition waiver for students 65 years of age or older; rules.

(1) The board of education of a community college district shall direct each community college under its control to waive tuition for any course audited by an Oregon resident 65 years of age or older if:
(a) Space is available in the course for additional students to register after tuition-paying students have registered;
(b) The department in which the course is being taught approves;
(c) The auditing student is registered for eight credits or fewer per term; and
(d) The course is a lower-division collegiate course.
(2) Each community college may charge the student attending under subsection (1) of this section fees associated with the course being audited.
(3) The board of education of a community college district may develop rules for implementation of this section, including rules relating to registration, admission and fees. [Formerly 341.534]
Note:
341.518 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 341 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.526 - Grant program for first-generation college-bound students; rules.

(1) The Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall jointly establish a grant program for the purpose of distributing moneys to community colleges, or any foundations of community colleges, to increase the number of underserved, low-income and first-generation college-bound students who enroll in community college and make progress toward a degree or a certificate.
(2) Moneys distributed under subsection (1) of this section may be used by a community college, or a foundation of a community college, for services that are designed to increase student enrollment, retention and degree and certificate completion, including counseling programs, college initiatives, advising services and assistance in obtaining financial aid.
(3) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this section, including rules that set standards for awarding grants. The standards shall give priority to community colleges, or foundations of community colleges, that have student enrollment, retention and degree and certificate completion programs with demonstrated support from the private sector, the community and local government. [2014 c.51 §1; 2015 c.366 §22; 2015 c.825 §1]
Note:
341.526 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 341 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.531

[2005 c.170 §2; 2005 c.836 §15; 2011 c.637 §124; 2012 c.106 §6; 2013 c.747 §195; renumbered 341.499 in 2013]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.535 - Qualifications of faculty; appraisal.

(1) Community college faculty are not required to have teaching licenses.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 342.173, community college faculty who provide instruction in cooperation with a school district for academic, career and technical education, school-to-work or other work-related programs under ORS chapter 329 are not required to have teaching licenses. If the faculty member is not a regular full-time employee of the community college, the school district shall follow the instructor appraisal committee procedures adopted by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.
(3) Until a community college becomes accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities or its successor, the board shall obtain the approval of the accredited community college with which it contracts for curriculum and instructional services before employing any person to teach transfer courses. [Formerly 341.600; 1971 c.513 §92; 1983 c.187 §2; 1995 c.67 §24; 2009 c.94 §14; 2013 c.1 §37]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.541 - Affirmative action plans, goals when faculty, staff reductions required.

Each community college shall consider and maintain affirmative action plans and goals when reductions in faculty and staff are required as a result of:
(1) Reductions in revenue that necessitate discontinuance of its educational program at its anticipated level;
(2) Elimination of classes due to decreased student enrollment; or
(3) Reduction in courses due to administrative decisions. [1981 c.814 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.547 - Notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment; effect of failure to give notice.

(1) Each community college board shall give an individual, written notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment to all employees who are to perform services in the same or a similar capacity during a subsequent academic year or term or in the period immediately following a recess period. The notice shall be given by May 30 of each year for employees employed as of that date and as of the date of hire for employees employed subsequent to May 30.
(2) No liability shall accrue from failure to give the notice required by subsection (1) of this section or from the timing or contents thereof on the part of the community college board. However, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall enforce the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
(3) Faculty members on annual or indefinite tenure, classified staff members on regular status and management service employees are considered to have been given notice for the purposes of this section. [1985 c.585 §4; 1995 c.67 §25; 2013 c.747 §64]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.556 - Sources of compensation for faculty members; potential conflict of interest; reporting; standards.

(1) The board of a community college may authorize receipt of compensation for any faculty member from private or public resources, including, but not limited to, income from:
(a) Consulting;
(b) Appearances and speeches;
(c) Intellectual property conceived, reduced to practice or originated and therefore owned within the community college;
(d) Providing services or other valuable consideration for a private corporation, individual or entity, whether paid in cash or in-kind, stock or other equity interest or anything of value regardless of whether there is a licensing agreement between the community college and the private entity; and
(e) Performing public duties paid by private organizations, including institution corporate affiliates, that augments a faculty member’s publicly funded salary. Such income shall be authorized and received in accordance with policies and standards established by each board.
(2) Each board may not authorize compensation, as described in subsection (1) of this section, that, in the board’s judgment, does not comport with the mission of the community college or that substantially interferes with a faculty member’s duties to the community college.
(3) Any compensation described and authorized under subsection (1) of this section is considered official compensation or reimbursement of expenses for purposes of ORS 244.040 and is not considered an honorarium prohibited by ORS 244.042. If authorization or receipt of the compensation creates a potential conflict of interest, the faculty member shall report the potential conflict in writing in accordance with standards of the board. The disclosure is a public record subject to public inspection.
(4) Compensation described and authorized under subsection (1) of this section that is not paid by the community college employing the faculty member is not salary for purposes of ORS chapter 238 or 238A.
(5) Each board shall adopt standards governing faculty outside employment and activities, including potential conflicts of interest, as defined by standards of the board and consistent with ORS 244.020, and the public disclosure thereof, and procedures for reporting and hearing potential or actual conflict of interest complaints. [2017 c.413 §2; 2018 c.54 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.569 - When election on change required.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit the question of a proposed boundary change to a vote if:
(a) The commission enters the order to revise the boundaries of a community college district;
(b) A remonstrance is filed with the commission within 20 days after the date on which the commission enters the order;
(c) The remonstrance is signed by at least five percent of the electors or at least 500 of the electors, whichever is less, in:
(A) An area to be included in the district or excluded from the district by the proposed boundary change; or
(B) The existing community college district;
(d) The area to be included in the district is not surrounded by the territory of a single community college district; and
(e) The Legislative Assembly appropriates to the commission moneys to conduct the election.
(2) When necessary under subsection (1) of this section, the question shall be submitted to the electors of each area or district that files a remonstrance meeting the requirements of subsection (1) of this section.
(3) If the proposed boundary change is defeated, the same or a substantially similar change may not be considered until at least 12 months have elapsed from the date of the election at which the change was defeated. If the vote is favorable in the area or district from which a remonstrance was filed, the commission shall declare the change effective on the date determined under ORS 341.565. [1971 c.513 §84; 1983 c.350 §210; 1983 c.740 §107; 2003 c.574 §4; 2013 c.747 §66; 2021 c.53 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.575 - Liability of annexed, merged or detached territory.

(1) When territory is annexed to or merged with a community college district, the new territory shall become liable for its share of the existing debt of the community college district.
(2) When territory is detached from a community college district, the detached territory shall remain liable for its share of the bonded indebtedness assumed by the community college district during the period of time the detached territory was included in the district. [1971 c.513 §95; 2021 c.53 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.579 - Vote on proposed boundary change subject to ORS 341.577; commission’s order.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall submit the question of any boundary change pertaining to a community college district subject to ORS 341.577 to a vote of the electors held the same day in both the original territory and the new territory.
(2) If the proposed boundary change is defeated in either territory, the same or a substantially similar change shall not be considered until at least 12 months have elapsed from the date of the election at which the proposed change was defeated. If the vote is favorable in both the original territory and the new territory, and subject to determination by the commission that there is a legislative appropriation to the Community College Support Fund established in ORS 341.620 to support the new district resulting from the boundary change at a level commensurate with support for other community college districts, then the commission shall declare the change effective on the date determined under ORS 341.565. Implementation of the commission’s order shall take place only if the funds needed to accommodate the impact of annexation on other local education districts are appropriated specifically for that purpose by the Legislative Assembly or allocated by the Emergency Board. [1995 c.357 §3; 2013 c.747 §69]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.601 - Definitions.

As used in ORS 341.604 to 341.618:
(1) "District" means the:
(a) Blue Mountain Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter;
(b) Columbia Gorge Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter;
(c) Rogue Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter; and
(d) Southwestern Oregon Community College District, a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the state organized pursuant to this chapter.
(2) "Service area" means:
(a) For the Blue Mountain Community College District and the Rogue Community College District, a service area established as provided by ORS 341.604.
(b) For the Columbia Gorge Community College District and the Southwestern Oregon Community College District:
(A) The area served by the district prior to the annexation of new territory; or
(B) The territory within a county annexed by the district. [1995 c.357 §4; 1999 c.1027 §5; 2009 c.577 §1; 2017 c.115 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.604 - Expansion of district.

(1) The Blue Mountain Community College District and the Rogue Community College District may expand as provided by this section.
(2) If expansion of the Blue Mountain Community College District or the Rogue Community College District is approved by the voters, the Legislative Assembly shall:
(a) For the Blue Mountain Community College District, classify and designate service areas within the district. The boundaries of the service areas shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the counties within the district.
(b) For the Rogue Community College District, initially classify and designate two service areas within the district. The first service area shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Jackson County or such portion thereof as is included in the expanded district approved by the voters. The second service area shall be coterminous with the boundaries of Josephine County.
(3) The district board of the Blue Mountain Community College District or the Rogue Community College District by resolution may designate as additional service areas any territory or territories within the district that are benefited by the acquisition, construction and installation of community college facilities. Each additional service area designated by the district board shall be located entirely within the territory of a service area designated in subsection (2) of this section. In no event shall the district board designate as a service area any portion of the district incorporating territory located within two or more service areas designated in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The district board may not amend the boundaries of the service areas designated in subsection (2) of this section. The district board may by resolution amend the boundaries of any additional service area designated pursuant to subsection (3) of this section to conform to changes in the community college services provided by the district. However, the boundaries of a service area may not be amended if bonded indebtedness issued pursuant to ORS 341.611 for the benefit of the service area is then outstanding. [1995 c.357 §5; 1999 c.1027 §6; 2003 c.574 §5; 2009 c.577 §2; 2013 c.721 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.608 - Service area financing; bonded indebtedness.

(1) Subject to restrictions in the Oregon Constitution and subsection (2) of this section, any of the methods of financing authorized under this chapter or any other provision of law that is available to community college districts organized pursuant to this chapter may, in the discretion of the district board, be implemented in the district or in one or more service areas simultaneously.
(2) The district may incur bonded indebtedness authorized by this section using the procedures prescribed in ORS chapter 287A for the benefit of the district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in ORS 341.611 and 341.613. [1995 c.357 §6; 2009 c.577 §3; 2013 c.721 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.610

[1959 c.641 §33; 1961 c.602 §9; 1963 c.483 §14; 1965 c.100 §340; 1965 c.262 §8; 1965 c.487 §3; renumbered 341.625]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.611 - Election on bonded indebtedness.

(1) An election shall be held to determine if a district may contract a bonded indebtedness for the benefit of the district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district.
(2) If the bonded indebtedness is for the benefit of the district, all district voters residing within the boundaries of the district are entitled to vote in the election. If the bonded indebtedness is for the benefit of a service area or combination of service areas of the district, only the district voters residing within the boundaries of the affected service area or service areas are entitled to vote in the election.
(3) The district board may order the election on its own motion, or shall order the election if a petition is filed as provided in ORS 341.678 on behalf of the voters of the district or the service area or service areas. The election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of ORS 341.356 to 341.379. [1995 c.357 §7; 2009 c.577 §4; 2013 c.721 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.613 - Bonded indebtedness restrictions.

(1) Following authorization from the voters of a district or a service area or combination of service areas of the district, the district board may contract a bonded indebtedness to be paid by a tax levy on the taxable property within the district or the service area or service areas for any one or more of the purposes set forth in ORS 341.675. Any land acquired, college building or buildings or any additions to a building or buildings, and any real or personal property to be paid for with the proceeds of the bonded indebtedness must be located within the boundaries of the district or the service area or combination of service areas that approved the bonded indebtedness.
(2) The aggregate amount of bonded indebtedness incurred for the benefit of a district or a service area or combination of service areas, when added to the aggregate amount of other bonded indebtedness payable from ad valorem property taxes levied within the district or the service area or combination of service areas, may not exceed one and one-half percent of the real market value of all taxable property within the district or the affected service area or service areas, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207. [1995 c.357 §8; 2009 c.577 §5; 2013 c.721 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.616 - Levy of direct ad valorem tax to pay bonds.

(1) The district board shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all the taxable property within the district if the district approved bonded indebtedness or within the affected service area or combination of service areas if the service area or combination of service areas approved bonded indebtedness. The ad valorem tax shall be sufficient to pay promptly, when and as payments become due, the maturing interest and principal of all bonds outstanding for the district or the service area or combination of service areas that were approved at an election held pursuant to ORS 341.611 or 341.678. The amount of the tax may be increased by an amount sufficient to retire any bonds that may be callable.
(2) Funds derived from a tax levy within the district or the service area or service areas specifically for the purpose of paying bonded indebtedness shall be applied solely to the payment of the bonds for which the taxes were levied and may not be applied to the payment of any other indebtedness. [1995 c.357 §9; 2007 c.783 §134; 2009 c.577 §6; 2013 c.721 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.618 - Application of ORS 341.675 to 341.715 to bonds.

Except to the extent that they are inconsistent with the provisions of ORS 341.604 to 341.618 or rules adopted thereunder, the provisions of ORS 341.675 to 341.715 shall apply to bonds authorized pursuant to ORS 341.604 to 341.618 and to taxes levied to pay such bonds. [1995 c.357 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.619 - New territory in Blue Mountain and Columbia Gorge Community College Districts not liable for existing debt.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 341.575, when territory is annexed to the Blue Mountain Community College District, the new territory shall not become liable for any existing debt of the Blue Mountain Community College District that resulted from the bond measure that was approved by the people at the general election held on November 3, 1998.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 341.575, when territory within Hood River County is annexed to the Columbia Gorge Community College District, the new territory shall not become liable for any existing debt of the Columbia Gorge Community College District that resulted from a bond measure that was approved by the people at a general election held prior to January 1, 2001. [1999 c.1027 §2; 2001 c.836 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.626 - Distribution of state aid; rules.

(1) Subject to rules adopted by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and to ORS 291.232 to 291.260, the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development shall distribute state aid to each community college district and community college service district.
(2) The rules adopted by the commission shall provide:
(a) No state aid for hobby and recreation classes;
(b) Procedures for proper and accurate record keeping;
(c) Procedures that will ensure reasonable year-to-year stability in the delivery of appropriated moneys to the colleges; and
(d) Procedures to ensure that the full state appropriation is distributed to the colleges. [1987 c.474 §10 (enacted in lieu of 341.625); 2013 c.747 §70; 2015 c.366 §24; 2019 c.384 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.635 - Effect on state aid of scholarships and of certain admissions.

(1) In determining the amount of apportionment to the community college from the General Fund under ORS 341.626, tuition and fees allowed for scholarships authorized by ORS 341.478 shall be considered as paid by the student.
(2) The district shall include the high school student attending the community college in determining the number of equivalent full-time students in classes for purposes of ORS 341.626 and other laws governing the distribution of state and federal funds to such colleges. [Subsection (1) enacted as 1965 c.148 §2; subsection (2) enacted as 1965 c.262 §7; 1971 c.513 §66; 1989 c.258 §1; 1993 c.45 §141; 1995 c.67 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.655 - Distribution of federal funds for career and technical education.

(1) As used in this section, "approved expenses" means the operating expenses of community college districts for career and technical education programs that have been approved by the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development.
(2) Federal moneys received for purposes of reimbursing community college districts for career and technical education programs may be used by the districts to pay approved expenses. [1965 c.487 §2; 1967 c.433 §7; 1971 c.513 §67; 1987 c.474 §12; 1993 c.45 §§142,143; 2009 c.94 §15; 2015 c.366 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.660 - Treatment of public library costs in computing state aid.

A community college district that operates a free public library pursuant to ORS 357.410 shall not include or reflect the operating or construction costs attributable to such library that are in addition to the costs otherwise incurred for library facilities or services for the community college in any computation of eligibility for state aid for operation or construction at the community college. However, a community college district that operates a free public library is eligible for any federal funds to which it would otherwise be entitled for public library purposes. [1975 c.112 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.665 - Receipt of funds for apprenticeship programs.

(1) The receiving community college shall be awarded funds from the contracted out-of-district funds allocated to the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development if the college operates the program under a contract with an apprenticeship training committee and the contract is approved by the office.
(2) A community college district may submit full-time equivalencies generated by apprenticeship programs to the office for reimbursement from the Community College Support Fund for purposes of ORS 341.626 but may not submit for reimbursement those full-time equivalencies generated through contracts under subsection (1) of this section. [1979 c.311 §1; 1995 c.67 §30; 2015 c.366 §26]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.670 - System for reporting finances.

(1) The community college districts of this state shall use the same system for reporting finances.
(2) The Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development shall:
(a) Select the system, which may be an existing system; and
(b) Provide guidelines for implementation of the system.
(3) The system selected by the office shall include uniform identification of:
(a) Funds;
(b) Revenues by source; and
(c) Expenditures by function and object classification, as that term is defined in ORS 294.311.
(4) The office shall place data gathered from the system on the website of the office to ensure timely access to the information by the public. [2015 c.841 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.675 - Authority to incur bonded indebtedness; aggregate amount.

(1) A community college district may contract a bonded indebtedness for any one or more of the following purposes in and for the district:
(a) To acquire, construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, equip or furnish a college building or buildings or additions thereto;
(b) To acquire or to improve all property, real and personal, appurtenant thereto or connected therewith, including self-financing facilities;
(c) To fund or refund outstanding indebtedness; and
(d) To provide for the payment of the debt.
(2) The community college district may use the proceeds received from the sale of bonds to pay for any costs incurred by the district in issuing and selling such bonds, including but not limited to, attorney fees and the cost of publishing notices of bond elections, printing such bonds and advertising such bonds for sale.
(3) The aggregate amount of such district bonded indebtedness shall not exceed one and one-half percent (0.015) of the real market value of all taxable property within the district, computed in accordance with ORS 308.207.
(4) For purposes of any law relating to bonded indebtedness, "community college district" includes a "community college service district." [1971 c.513 §§37,43; 1991 c.459 §385; 1997 c.271 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.678 - Election on bonded indebtedness.

(1) To determine whether a community college district should contract a bonded indebtedness for any one or more purposes described in ORS 341.675, the question shall be decided by election. The district board may order the election on its own motion or shall order the election if a petition is filed as provided in this section.
(2) The requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section shall be as provided for an initiative petition in ORS 255.135 to 255.205. The petition shall state the amount of the proposed bonded indebtedness and the purposes for which the indebtedness shall be contracted. [1983 c.350 §212 (enacted in lieu of 341.679); 1993 c.45 §145]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.681 - Issuance of bonds.

If the electors of the district voting on the question of contracting bonded indebtedness approve the question, the board of the district may issue bonds of the district. [1971 c.513 §§40,41,42; 1981 c.94 §29; 1983 c.347 §25; 1983 c.350 §213; 1995 c.67 §31; 2007 c.783 §135]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.685 - Registration of bonds; disposition of proceeds.

(1) The paying agent and registrar, appointed in accordance with ORS 287A.300 (1) to (3), shall register each community college district bond, including refunding bonds, in a record maintained for that purpose in the office of the paying agent and registrar, noting the community college district, amount, date, time and place of payment, rate of interest and such other facts as the paying agent and registrar may consider proper. The paying agent and registrar shall cause the bonds to be delivered promptly to the purchasers thereof upon payment therefor, and if the place of delivery is outside the city in which the paying agent and registrar’s office is situated, the cost of delivery of the bonds shall be paid by the issuing district.
(2) The paying agent and registrar shall hold the proceeds of the sale of all bonds for the community college district subject to the order of the board of the district to be used solely for the purpose for which the bonds were issued. The paying agent and registrar is authorized to deliver the proceeds of the sale of the bonds to the person designated as custodian of the community college district funds under ORS 341.703.
(3) When the bonds have been so executed, registered and delivered, their legality shall not be open to contest by the community college district, or by any person for or on its behalf, for any reason whatever. [1971 c.513 §44; 1995 c.67 §32; 2007 c.783 §136]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.690 - Tax levy to meet annual bonded indebtedness; bond sinking fund.

(1) The board of the district shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all the taxable property in the district, sufficient to pay the maturing interest and principal of all community college district bonds outstanding promptly when and as such payments become due. The amount of the tax may be increased by an amount sufficient to retire any bonds which may be callable. The board shall annually file a copy of its budget and levies with the paying agent and registrar. The board shall in each year include such taxes in the district budget for such year. Such taxes shall in each year be certified, extended upon the tax rolls and collected by the same officers in the same manner and at the same time as the taxes for general district purposes.
(2) The funds derived from such tax levies shall be retained by the paying agent and registrar without being paid to the district or to any officer thereof, and shall be kept by the paying agent and registrar in a separate fund to be known as and designated "______Community College District Bond Interest and Sinking Fund," which shall be irrevocably pledged to and used solely for the payment of the interest accruing on and the principal of the bonds when due, so long as any of the bonds or the coupons thereto appertaining remain outstanding and unpaid. The interest earnings of such fund shall be credited thereto and become a part thereof. For failure to retain and account for such funds, as provided in this section, the paying agent and registrar shall be liable upon the official bond of the paying agent and registrar.
(3) The fund shall not be diverted or used for any other purpose; but if a surplus remains after all interest and principal have been paid on all community college district bonds then outstanding and unpaid, the surplus may be transferred to such other fund as the board of the district may direct.
(4) If the tax required by subsection (1) of this section is not levied by the board of the district, the paying agent and registrar shall certify the county share, based on the proportion of the assessed valuation of the community college district located in the county, to the governing body of each county in which territory of the district is located which shall then levy a tax on all taxable property within the county that is in the district sufficient to raise the required amount.
(5) The county assessors shall extend the tax so levied upon the county tax rolls for such district. The county sheriffs shall collect this tax and pay the sums collected into the fund kept by the paying agent and registrar pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. [1971 c.513 §45; 1995 c.67 §33]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.693 - Payment of bond principal and interest.

(1) The paying agent and registrar must cause to be paid out of any money in the hands of the paying agent and registrar belonging to the community college district, the interest on or principal of, as the case may be, any bond issued by the district promptly when and as the same becomes due at the place of payment designated in such coupons or bonds. All coupons or bonds so paid must be immediately reported to the board of the district.
(2) The paying agent and registrar shall not be required to remit to the purchaser of any bonds or coupons the amount necessary to redeem them until the day such bonds or coupons are due. [1971 c.513 §46; 1995 c.67 §34]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.695 - Bond redemption procedure.

(1) Whenever the sinking fund mentioned in ORS 341.690 equals the amount, principal and interest, of any bond then due or subject at the option of the district to be paid or redeemed when authorized by the board of the district, the paying agent and registrar shall notify the holder of such bond and publish a notice in the newspaper published in the district in compliance with ORS 193.010 to 193.100. The notice shall state that the paying agent and registrar will, within 30 days from the date of the notice, redeem and pay any such bond then redeemable and payable, giving priority according to the date of issuance numerically. Upon presentation of any such bond at the place of payment specified therein, the paying agent and registrar shall cause the bond to be paid. If any holder of such bond fails to present it at the time mentioned in the notice, the interest thereon shall cease, and the paying agent and registrar shall thereafter pay only the amount of such bond and the interest accrued thereon up to the last day of the time of redemption mentioned in the notice.
(2) When any bonds are so redeemed or paid, the paying agent and registrar shall cause the same to be canceled and write across the face thereof "redeemed" and the date of redemption, and shall deliver it to the board of the district, taking its receipt therefor. [1971 c.513 §47; 1995 c.67 §35]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.697 - Refunding bonds.

(1) Whenever any community college district has any outstanding bonded indebtedness, which is due or subject at the option of the district to be paid or redeemed, the district, by and through the board of the district, may:
(a) Issue and exchange, for any such indebtedness, its bonds bearing the rate of interest determined by the board pursuant to ORS 287A.300 (1) to (3); or
(b) Issue and sell such bonds and apply the proceeds of such sale in payment of the indebtedness for the payment of which the refunding bonds are proposed to be issued.
(2) Refunding bonds issued under subsection (1) of this section shall in all respects conform to, and be governed, as to their issue, by ORS 341.675 (3) and the provisions of ORS 287A.360 to 287A.380 that are not inconsistent with this section.
(3) The refunding of indebtedness and issuing of bonds for such purpose shall not require an election, but may be done by resolution of the board of the district at any legally called board meeting. The debt limitations imposed by law shall not affect the right of any district to issue refunding bonds under authority of this section. The validity of any bonds so issued, or of the indebtedness thereby refunded, shall not thereafter be open to contest by the district or by any person for any reason whatever. [1971 c.513 §48; 1981 c.94 §30; 1983 c.347 §26; 1993 c.45 §146; 2007 c.783 §137]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.702 - Laws governing issuance of bonds.

All legally authorized and issued general obligation bonds or revenue bonds shall be issued as prescribed in ORS chapter 287A. [1975 c.642 §23 (enacted in lieu of 341.701); 2007 c.783 §138]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.703 - Custodian of funds; depositories; signature on checks; warrants as checks.

(1) The board of a community college district shall designate a custodian of funds of the district. Funds shall be disbursed only in the manner provided by subsection (3) of this section.
(2) For the purpose of receiving deposits of community college funds, the board of the district shall designate such bank or banks, as the board deems safe and proper depositories for district funds. The custodian designated under subsection (1) of this section shall not be liable personally or upon the official bond of the custodian for moneys lost by reason of failure or insolvency of any bank which becomes a depository under this subsection.
(3) When funds are available for payment, district obligations shall be paid by check bearing the original signature of the custodian of the district funds; or if authorized by the board of the district, the custodian’s facsimile signature.
(4) Where a statute specifies a warrant as the means by which district obligations shall be paid, warrant means "check" if funds are available for payment. [1971 c.513 §50; 1995 c.67 §36]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.705 - Warrant procedure.

(1) As used in this section, "community college district obligation" includes salaries of district employees and other regularly contracted services.
(2) Warrants in payment of district obligations shall be issued only when there are insufficient funds to pay the warrant and shall be indorsed "not paid for want of funds." Warrants may be issued at the end of each month, if necessary. Warrants shall not be issued without a vote of the board of the district. They must be signed by the chairperson of the board and countersigned by the district clerk. If the chairperson is absent or unable to execute the warrants, the board may authorize any member of the board to act as chairperson in executing the warrants.
(3) Unless the board of the district has designated a lower rate of interest, which rate must appear on the face of the warrants, warrants indorsed "not paid for want of funds" shall draw interest at a rate not to exceed seven percent (0.07) from date of indorsement until called.
(4) Funds becoming available for payment of warrants indorsed "not paid for want of funds" shall be applied in payment in the order in which the warrants were so indorsed.
(5) At the last regular school board meeting of the district preceding July 1 in each year, the district clerk shall certify to the board a list of all district warrants which were called for payment more than seven years prior to July 1 next following the meeting, and which have not been paid. The certification shall state the amount of each of such warrants, to whom issued, and date of issuance. The board of the district shall cause notice to be published in some newspaper having a general circulation in the district. The notice shall contain a statement that if such warrants are not presented for payment within 60 days from July 1, they will be canceled, and payment thereof will be refused.
(6) At the first regular meeting of the board in each district after the expiration of 60 days from July 1 in each year, the board shall make an order that all such warrants which have not been so presented for payment, describing them, shall be canceled and the board shall so cancel.
(7) Nothing in this section prohibits a board from paying, upon any claim arising from the canceling of any such warrant, the principal of the warrant when presented without interest if not indorsed for want of funds and, if indorsed for want of funds, with interest to the date such warrant was called. [1971 c.513 §52]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.709 - Annual audit required.

(1) The board of a community college district shall cause to have prepared an annual audit of the books and accounts of the district, including but not limited to student body funds, athletic funds, cafeteria funds, and other similar funds collected by the college. The audit statements must be filed with the administrative office for the district on or before December 31 of the year in which the audit is conducted.
(2) Accountants employed under this section must be selected from the roster of authorized municipal accountants maintained by the Oregon Board of Accountancy under ORS 297.670. [1971 c.513 §51; 1987 c.159 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.715 - Short-term bonds.

(1) As provided by ORS 287A.180, the board of a community college district may contract indebtedness by the issuance of short-term bonds for the purpose of meeting current expenses, retiring outstanding bonds or warrants, or paying the interest thereon.
(2) The board of the district in which indebtedness was incurred under this section shall levy an annual tax on all taxable property in the district sufficient to meet the interest payments and retire the indebtedness, but no tax shall be necessary where other provisions are made for payment of the indebtedness. [1971 c.513 §53; 1983 c.124 §10; 1985 c.356 §5; 1993 c.97 §26; 2007 c.783 §139]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.721 - Issuance by State Treasurer.

To provide funds to community college districts for the purposes specified in Article XI-G of the Oregon Constitution, the State Treasurer may issue bonds under ORS 286A.848. [2005 c.787 §20; 2007 c.783 §140; 2013 c.747 §71; 2015 c.366 §27; 2017 c.9 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.725 - Community College Capital Construction Fund.

(1) The Community College Capital Construction Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned on moneys in the Community College Capital Construction Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) Moneys in the Community College Capital Construction Fund are continuously appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and may be distributed by the commission for the purposes described in Article XI-G, section 1 (2), of the Oregon Constitution, pursuant to grant contracts entered into between the commission and community colleges under ORS 286A.851. [2005 c.787 §21; 2009 c.2 §17; 2011 c.2 §3; 2015 c.366 §34; 2017 c.9 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.728 - Community College Bond Building Fund.

(1) The Community College Bond Building Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund.
(2) The Community College Bond Building Fund shall consist of moneys realized from the sale of bonds issued pursuant to Article XI-G of the Oregon Constitution and ORS 286A.848 for the benefit of community colleges.
(3) Moneys in the Community College Bond Building Fund are continuously appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission and may be distributed by the commission pursuant to grant contracts entered into between the commission and community colleges under ORS 286A.851.
(4) Moneys in the Community College Bond Building Fund may be invested as provided in ORS 286A.025 until needed for distribution under subsection (3) of this section. If a surplus remains in the fund after disbursement, the surplus and earnings from temporary investments shall be credited to the Article XI-G Bond Fund established under ORS 286A.854. [2005 c.787 §22; 2007 c.783 §141; 2009 c.2 §18; 2011 c.2 §4; 2015 c.366 §35; 2017 c.9 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.933 - Distribution of state funds for capital construction; standards; limitations; rules.

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall adopt by rule standards governing the distribution of state funds to community college districts for capital construction projects. The standards shall include, but need not be limited to, the following provisions:
(1) No state funds shall be used for the construction of student or faculty housing, facilities for spectators at athletic events, recreational facilities, student health facilities or noninstructional portions of student centers; and
(2) State funds shall be matched by substantial contributions from nonstate sources, which may include tuition, property taxes, bond issues, gifts and grants. [1987 c.474 §11; 1999 c.21 §68; 2013 c.747 §74]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 341 - Community Colleges › Section 341.937 - Capital improvements for access for persons with disabilities.

In preparing an agency request budget for each biennium, after consultation with the community colleges and their respective representatives of the community of persons with disabilities at the colleges, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall include amounts for capital improvements that will be applied to the substantial reduction and eventual elimination of barriers to access by persons with disabilities. [1991 c.935 §3; 2005 c.22 §235; 2007 c.70 §99; 2013 c.747 §75; 2016 c.117 §54]