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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.182 - Condemnation of realty for school purposes.

(1) Whenever it is necessary for any school district to acquire any real property for necessary school purposes, and the owner of the real property and the district school board cannot agree upon the price to be paid therefor, and the damage for the taking thereof, if any, the district school board may commence and prosecute any necessary or appropriate action for the condemnation of the real property required for school purposes. The title acquired by any school district by any such action shall be a fee simple title.
(2) The procedure for condemnation shall be the procedure provided by law for condemnation of land or rights of way by public corporations or quasi-public corporations for public use or for corporate purposes. [1965 c.100 §145]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.207 - Light fixtures.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "School" means a school operated by a school district or a public charter school.
(b) "T type light bulb" means a metal halide or mercury vapor light bulb that has an internal mechanism that shuts off the light within 15 minutes after the bulb is broken.
(2) A school may use only a T type light bulb in a light fixture that is designed for metal halide or mercury vapor light bulbs.
(3) This section does not apply to light fixtures used to light a stadium field, an outdoor athletic field or any other outdoor light fixtures except outdoor light fixtures in covered areas used by persons for recreational or educational activities. [2007 c.312 §1; 2008 c.2 §1]
Note:
332.207 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 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 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.210 - Districts controlling cemeteries.

(1) Any school district may own, possess, manage, operate, control, improve, sell and convey real property used for cemetery purposes where such property is within the school district boundaries and a deed of conveyance was executed and delivered conveying in fee such real property from the owners thereof to such school district prior to 1923 and such district accepted such deed and improved such real property for cemetery purposes.
(2) Any school district owning and possessing real property described in subsection (1) of this section may receive, own, expend and issue moneys, notes and other evidences of indebtedness for improvement, maintenance, operation, care and management of such real property used for cemetery purposes. [Amended by 1967 c.67 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.334 - Tests of schools under plan; results; annual statement; rules.

(1)(a) A school district, education service district or public charter school shall make the results of any testing conducted under a plan described in ORS 332.331 available to the public no later than 10 business days after receiving the test results. As used in this paragraph, "business day" means a day that is not a Saturday, a legal holiday under ORS 187.010 or 187.020 or a day on which the administrative headquarters for the district or school is closed.
(b) The district or school shall make the test results available:
(A) If the district or school maintains a public website, by posting the test results on the website;
(B) By sending electronic mail to staff, students and parents of minor students for whom the district or school has electronic mail addresses on file; and
(C) By making the test results available in printed form at the administrative headquarters for the district or school.
(2) A school district, education service district or public charter school shall provide an annual statement regarding the plan developed and adopted by the district or school under ORS 332.331. The district or school shall provide the statement to:
(a) The governing body for the district or school;
(b) The parents of minor students; and
(c) Any students 18 years of age or older.
(3) The annual statement under subsection (2) of this section must include, but need not be limited to, the following information:
(a) Identification of, and contact information for, the position within the administration of the school district, education service district or public charter school having responsibility for maintaining and overseeing performance of the plan;
(b) Information regarding where copies of the plan are available;
(c) A certification that the district or school is in compliance with any testing requirements under the plan;
(d) Information about how to obtain the results of any testing conducted under the plan; and
(e) A summary of major exposure reduction activities conducted under the plan since the preceding annual statement.
(4) If a school district, education service district or public charter school maintains a publicly available website, the district or school shall post the annual statement described in subsection (3) of this section on the website. The district or school shall make the annual statement available in printed form at the administrative headquarters for the district or school.
(5) The Department of Education shall adopt, in consultation with the Oregon Health Authority, representatives of school districts, education service districts and public charter schools and other interested stakeholders, rules for carrying out this section. [2017 c.700 §2]
Note:
See note under 332.331.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.337 - Healthy School Facilities Fund.

(1) The Healthy School Facilities Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Healthy School Facilities Fund shall be credited to the fund.
(2) Moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of providing financial assistance to school districts, education service districts and public charter schools in carrying out the adoption, administration and enforcement of plans described in ORS 332.331, including but not limited to the conducting of testing and exposure reduction activities. [2017 c.700 §3]
Note:
See note under 332.331.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.341 - Provision of information to school districts about elevated levels of radon.

(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall disseminate information related to elevated levels of radon to each school district in this state. Information disseminated under this section must include:
(a) Information about radon and the dangers associated with elevated levels of radon;
(b) The level of radon at which the United States Environmental Protection Agency recommends schools take action to reduce indoor radon concentrations;
(c) Processes by which schools may be tested for elevated levels of radon; and
(d) Model plans developed pursuant to ORS 332.345.
(2) Dissemination of information under subsection (1)(c) of this section must take into account industry standards for testing buildings for elevated levels of radon.
(3) Upon request, the State Board of Education shall assist the authority in disseminating the information described in this section. Dissemination of information may occur by any reasonable means, including posting the information on a website maintained by the authority or the Department of Education and providing each school district with instructions on how to access the information. [Formerly 332.166]
Note:
332.341 and 332.345 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 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 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.345 - Tests of schools for elevated levels of radon; plan; results.

(1) A school district shall develop a plan for testing schools for elevated levels of radon. At a minimum, plans developed under this subsection must:
(a) Provide for the testing of radon in any frequently occupied room in contact with the ground or located above a basement or a crawlspace; and
(b) Provide for the testing of radon in a school at least once every 10 years.
(2) The Oregon Health Authority shall develop model plans for school districts to follow in implementing the requirements of this section. The authority shall seek the input of the Oregon School Boards Association in developing the model plans.
(3) Results of a test performed under this section must be:
(a) Provided to the district school board;
(b) Provided to the authority in a manner prescribed by the authority; and
(c) Made readily available to parents, guardians, students, school employees, school volunteers, administrators and community representatives at the school’s office or school district’s office or on a website for the school or school district.
(4) Information provided and made available under subsection (3) of this section must include the level of radon at which the United States Environmental Protection Agency recommends schools take action to reduce indoor radon concentrations. [Formerly 332.167]
Note:
See note under 332.341.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.352 - Definitions for ORS 332.352 to 332.365.

As used in ORS 332.352 to 332.365:
(1) "ASHRAE" means the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.
(2) "Certified TAB technician" means an individual certified by the Associated Air Balance Council, the National Environmental Balancing Bureau or the Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau to test, adjust and balance an HVAC system.
(3) "HVAC" means heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
(4)(a) "Mechanical engineer" means an independent, registered professional engineer, as defined in ORS 672.002, with professional experience with HVAC systems.
(b) "Mechanical engineer" does not mean a mechanical engineer who is employed by a school district or who is affiliated with a contractor hired by a school district to carry out the work required under ORS 332.352 to 332.365.
(5)(a) "Mechanical ventilation system" means a building ventilation system consisting of permanent, mechanically powered equipment, such as motor-driven fans and blowers.
(b) "Mechanical ventilation system" does not include devices such as wind-driven turbine ventilators, portable air cleaning and filtration devices and mechanically operated windows.
(6) "Ppm" means parts per million.
(7) "Qualified adjusting personnel" means:
(a) A certified TAB technician; or
(b) An individual working under the on-site supervision of a certified TAB technician.
(8) "Qualified testing personnel" means:
(a) A certified TAB technician; or
(b) A person certified to perform ventilation verification assessments of HVAC systems through a certification body accredited by the American National Standards Institute National Accreditation Board.
(9) "School district" has the meaning given that term in ORS 332.002.
(10) "Specialty code" has the meaning given that term in ORS 455.010.
(11) "Training agent" has the meaning given that term in ORS 660.010. [2023 c.525 §1]
Note:
332.352 to 332.365 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 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 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.354 - Ventilation verification assessment.

(1) Whenever a school district undertakes indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements using federal and state funds made available to the school district specifically for such purposes, the school district shall expend such funds toward carrying out the provisions of this section. A school district is not obligated to carry out the provisions of this section until funds are so expended.
(2) A school district shall have a ventilation verification assessment performed by qualified testing personnel at each school facility. The assessment shall be performed at least once every five years. The assessment shall include the following:
(a) A description of HVAC equipment model numbers or serial numbers and a general description of HVAC equipment.
(b) Testing to determine maximum filter efficiency.
(c) A calculation of the minimum outside air ventilation rates for each occupied area based on anticipated occupancy and the minimum required ventilation rate per occupant, as described in the minimum ventilation rate requirements set forth in the applicable specialty code.
(d) Physical measurements of outside air rates.
(e) Verification of the proper operation of ventilation components in accordance with applicable standards set forth in the specialty code.
(f) Measurement of all air distribution inlets and outlets.
(g) Verification of the proper operation of the HVAC system and that required maintenance has been performed in accordance with ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2022, Section 8 and Table 8-1 and any applicable specialty code.
(h) Verification of control sequences in accordance with the applicable standards set forth in the specialty code.
(i) The collection of field data for the installation of a mechanical ventilation system, if no mechanical ventilation system exists at the school facility.
(3) Qualified testing personnel shall record the results of the assessment in a report and submit the report for review by a mechanical engineer as described in ORS 332.358. [2023 c.525 §2]
Note:
See note under 332.352.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.358 - HVAC assessment report; review by mechanical engineer.

(1) Whenever a school district undertakes indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements using federal and state funds made available to the school district specifically for such purposes, the school district shall expend such funds toward carrying out the provisions of this section. A school district is not obligated to carry out the provisions of this section until funds are so expended.
(2) A school district shall obtain an HVAC assessment report prepared by qualified testing personnel. The report shall include the results of the ventilation verification assessment carried out under ORS 332.354 and a description of whether carbon dioxide monitors meet the requirements of ORS 332.356.
(3) A school district shall ensure that a mechanical engineer reviews the report prepared under subsection (2) of this section. The mechanical engineer shall confirm or adjust the estimated minimum outside air ventilation rates and determine what, if any, additional adjustments, repairs, upgrades or replacements would be necessary to meet the minimum ventilation and filtration requirements of the specialty code, and provide a cost estimate for all recommended work.
(4) A school district shall perform the necessary adjustments, repairs, upgrades or replacements recommended by the mechanical engineer under subsection (3) of this section. [2023 c.525 §4]
Note:
See note under 332.352.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.361 - Contractor requirements for indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements.

(1) A school district shall require a contractor carrying out work on projects for indoor HVAC infrastructure improvements under ORS 332.352 to 332.365 to:
(a) Participate as a training agent in an apprenticeship program registered with the State Apprenticeship and Training Council to provide on-the-job training opportunities for apprentices in apprenticeable occupations to perform work on the project;
(b) Establish and implement a plan for outreach, recruitment and retention of women, minority individuals and veterans to perform work on the project with the aspirational target of having at least 15 percent of total work hours performed by individuals in one or more of those groups;
(c) Pay wages to workers who perform work on the project at a rate that is no less than the prevailing wage rate;
(d) Offer employer-paid family health insurance and retirement benefits to workers who perform work on the project;
(e) Demonstrate a history of material compliance in the previous three years, or provide available history for a new business, with federal and state wage and hour laws and applicable prevailing wage rate laws;
(f) Demonstrate a history of material compliance in the previous three years, or provide available history for a new business, with the rules and other requirements of state agencies with oversight regarding occupational safety and health; and
(g) Ensure at all times during the duration of the project that work is performed by qualified testing personnel or qualified adjusting personnel as required by ORS 332.352 to 332.365.
(2)(a) In lieu of complying with the requirements described under subsection (1) of this section, a contractor may provide the school district with a copy of a project labor agreement and shall be exempted from the requirements described in subsection (1) of this section.
(b) As used in this subsection, "project labor agreement" means a project labor agreement as defined in 48 C.F.R. 52.222-34, as in effect on January 1, 2024. [2023 c.525 §5]
Note:
See note under 332.352.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.363 - HVAC verification report.

(1) If a school district completes the work recommended by a mechanical engineer under ORS 332.358, the school district shall, within 30 days of completing the work, submit to the Department of Education an HVAC verification report that includes:
(a) The name and address of the school facility and the name and address of the person preparing the report.
(b) A description of assessment, maintenance, adjustment, repair, upgrade and replacement activities performed and outcomes, including:
(A) The minimum efficiency reporting value of the filtration system.
(B) Verification that ventilation rates for facility classrooms, auditoriums, gymnasiums, nurses’ offices, restrooms, offices and other occupiable indoor spaces meet the minimum ventilation rate requirements set forth in the specialty code or an explanation of why the current system is unable to meet those requirements.
(C) Verified exhaust rates for facility classrooms, auditoriums, gymnasiums, nurses’ offices, restrooms, offices and other occupiable indoor spaces and whether those rates meet the requirements of the system design.
(D) Documentation of initial operating verifications, adjustments and final operating verifications.
(E) Verification that carbon dioxide monitors have been installed and are operating in compliance with ORS 332.356.
(F) Verification that work performed satisfies the workforce standards described in ORS 332.361, including providing the names and certification or license numbers of contractors, qualified testing personnel and qualified adjusting personnel.
(2) The department shall maintain a copy of the report required under this section for at least five years.
(3) The HVAC verification report described in this section is subject to inspection as a public record under ORS 192.311 to 192.478.
(4) Nothing in this section requires the department to verify the contents of a HVAC verification report described in this section. [2023 c.525 §6]
Note:
See note under 332.352.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.385 - Gifts for scholarships and loans.

If the district school board accepts money and property donated for the purpose of establishing scholarship and loan funds for the post-high-school education of students of the district, then, subject to the conditions of the gift, the board may appoint a scholarship committee which, subject to the rules of the board, shall determine the eligibility of applicants for scholarships and loans, award scholarships and loans and fix the amounts to be awarded and the terms and conditions of the awards. [1965 c.132 §2; 1967 c.67 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.405 - Transportation; board and room; pedestrian facilities.

(1) The district school board shall provide transportation for pupils or combinations of pupils and other persons to and from school-related activities where required by law or when considered advisable by the board.
(2) The board may furnish board and room for pupils in lieu of transportation when reasonable board and room can be provided at equal or less expense than transportation. The board may also provide board and room in a facility that existed on July 1, 1998, or a replacement facility for that facility, for pupils attending a district school as described in ORS 327.006 (6)(a)(B) or through a power of attorney authorized under ORS 109.056 (2). This subsection does not apply to a pupil who attends a district school through a power of attorney and who is a foreign exchange student enrolled in a school under a cultural exchange program.
(3) The transportation costs or expenses for board and room shall be paid from funds available to the district for that purpose.
(4) The district school board may expend district funds to improve or provide for pedestrian facilities off district property if the board finds that the expenditure reduces transportation costs of the district and enhances the safety of pupils going to and from schools of the district. [Formerly 338.010; 1981 c.237 §1; 1981 c.403 §3; 1993 c.45 §53; 1999 c.961 §4; 2011 c.718 §17; 2019 c.57 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.415 - Transportation of students attending private or parochial schools.

Whenever any district school board lawfully provides for transportation for pupils attending public schools, all children attending any private or parochial school under the compulsory school attendance laws shall, where the private or parochial school is along or near the route designated by said board, be entitled equally to the same rights, benefits and privileges as to transportation so provided for. [Formerly 338.060]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.427 - Availability of district vehicles for public transportation purposes.

(1) A district school board may enter into contracts whereby motor vehicles operated by, or under lease with, the district for transportation of school children may be leased or otherwise made available to qualified persons or agencies, public or private, or may use such motor vehicles, as agreed upon by the Department of Transportation, for public transportation purposes, subject to such terms and conditions as the district school board considers consistent with district use of such vehicles.
(2) Transportation provided pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall only serve points along a route where the transportation provided will not be in competition with any passenger carrier operated under provisions of ORS chapter 825 or with any mass transit district organized under ORS chapter 267.
(3) Motor vehicles used for public transportation purposes pursuant to this section shall not be subject to ORS chapter 825.
(4) Only those vehicles operated by the district that comply with rules adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS 820.100 and 820.120, relating to standards of vehicle construction and equipment may be used for public transportation purposes. Drivers of the vehicles shall be at least 18 years of age and shall comply with rules adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS 820.110, relating to qualifications of school bus drivers.
(5) Nothing in this section shall limit the use of school buses for the transportation of nonstudents to or from school activities whether a fee is charged or not. [1971 c.559 §4; 1973 c.690 §1; 1975 c.161 §4; 1981 c.403 §1; 1983 c.740 §104; 1985 c.16 §459; 1985 c.420 §21; 1989 c.491 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.432 - Insurance, medical and hospital service contracts covering school employees; self-insurance.

(1) As used in this section, "remedial care" includes services rendered by a person licensed to practice one or more of the healing arts within the scope of the license of the person or any other remedial care recognized under the laws of this state.
(2) Any district school board may enter into contracts of insurance or medical and hospital service contracts covering its employees for remedial care and hospital benefits. In addition, the board may operate a self-insurance program to provide its employees with remedial care and hospital benefits. Failure to procure or operate a program of hospital-medical insurance shall not be construed as negligence or lack of diligence on the part of the district school board or members thereof.
(3) The school district may agree to pay none, part or all of the premiums on policies of insurance or service contracts entered into pursuant to this section.
(4) No premium or other periodic charge on any insurance, medical or hospital service contract shall be paid unless the insurer or hospital association issuing such policy or contract is by law authorized to transact business as an insurance company or hospital association in this state.
(5) The board may negotiate more than one contract with one or more insurance companies or hospital associations if necessary to obtain optimum coverage at minimum cost. [Formerly 342.598; 1997 c.795 §1; 1999 c.59 §83]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.435 - Liability insurance; self-insurance program for liability; medical and hospital benefits for students.

Any district school board may enter into contracts of insurance for liability or operate a self-insurance program for liability covering all activities engaged in by the district for medical and hospital benefits for students engaging in athletic contests and in traffic patrols and may pay the necessary premiums thereon. Failure to procure such insurance or operate such a program shall in no case be construed as negligence or lack of diligence on the part of the district school board or the members thereof. [Formerly 332.235; 1967 c.627 §13; 1997 c.795 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.437 - Insurance reserve fund.

Any school district board by resolution may establish an insurance reserve fund by making transfers from the district’s general fund. Transfers to the insurance reserve fund shall be included in the district budget prepared and published in accordance with ORS 294.305 to 294.565. If at any time conditions arise which dispense with the necessity for further transfers to or expenditures from a fund established pursuant to this section, the district board shall so declare by resolution. The resolution shall order the balance remaining in such fund to be transferred to the general fund of the district and shall declare the insurance reserve fund closed. [1971 c.599 §1; 1975 c.770 §23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.445 - Regulation of vehicles on school property; rules.

(1) As used in this section, "vehicles" means and includes all motor vehicles as defined in ORS 801.360 and every other mechanical device in or on which a person or thing is or may be carried and which is intended for such use except road rollers, farm tractors, traction engines, police ambulances, devices moved exclusively on stationary tracks, devices operated by electric energy transmitted through trolley poles from trolley wires and devices powered exclusively by human power.
(2) A district school board by resolution may adopt, modify or abolish rules prohibiting, restricting or regulating the operation and parking of vehicles, or particular classes or kinds of vehicles, upon property controlled by the district, as the board considers convenient or necessary for the policing of such property. The district school board may require that before a quarterly or yearly parking privilege for any vehicle is granted to any full-time or part-time student to use district property, the student must show that the vehicle is operated by a student holding a valid driver’s license, that the vehicle is currently registered and that the student driving the vehicle is insured under a motor vehicle liability insurance policy that meets the requirements described under ORS 806.080 or that the student or owner of the vehicle has provided the Department of Transportation with other satisfactory proof of compliance with the financial responsibility requirements of this state.
(3) The rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section shall become effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected upon property controlled by the district.
(4) Every peace officer may enforce the rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section.
(5) The district and any municipal corporation or any department, agency or political subdivision of this state may enter into agreements or contracts with each other for the purpose of providing a uniform system of enforcement of the rules adopted under subsection (2) of this section. [Formerly 332.205; 1983 c.338 §912; 1993 c.45 §55; 1993 c.221 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.507 - Sick leave for school employees; other leave.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "School employee" includes all employees of a public school district or an education service district.
(b) "Sick leave" means absence from duty because of a school employee’s illness or injury or as otherwise provided for by law or by provisions of a collective bargaining agreement. In case of conflict with a rule adopted to interpret a law, the collective bargaining agreement to which the parties agree shall govern.
(2) Each district shall allow each school employee at least 10 days’ sick leave at full pay for each school year or one day per month employed, whichever is greater.
(3) At the option of the local governing board, sick leave in excess of five consecutive work days shall be allowed only upon certificate of the school employee’s attending physician, naturopathic physician or practitioner that the illness or injury prevents the school employee from working.
(4) Sick leave not taken shall accumulate for an unlimited number of days. A local governing board is required to permit a school employee to take up to 75 days sick leave accumulated in other Oregon districts. The accumulation shall not exceed that carried by the most recent employing district. However, the transfer of sick leave from another Oregon district shall not be effective until the school employee has completed 30 working days in the new district.
(5) For purposes of determining retirement benefits, a local governing board is required to permit a school employee to transfer an unlimited number of days of unused accumulated sick leave from another Oregon district employer. [Formerly 342.596; 2017 c.356 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.515 - Chief administrative officer as district school clerk; deputies.

The district school board shall designate the chief administrative officer of the district as district school clerk, but if there is no such officer the board shall designate an individual to perform the function. The board may appoint qualified persons as deputies to the chief administrative officer in performing the duties required of the district school clerk by law or by the board. [1969 c.541 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.525 - Bonds for personnel.

(1) The persons authorized to handle district funds, including the person designated to be custodian of district funds under ORS 328.441, shall be bonded in an amount to be determined by law and by the district school board. The board may require bonds on such other persons as the board may determine.
(2) The district school board shall require the district school clerk to be bonded in an amount to be determined by the board as reasonably necessary to protect the district against loss.
(3) The costs of bonds under subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be paid by the district school board in the same manner as other expenses of the district are paid. All bonds shall be justified by a surety company authorized to do business in this state. [1965 c.100 §161; 1975 c.770 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.531 - Law enforcement agency; personnel as peace officers.

(1) The district school board of any school district may establish a law enforcement agency and employ such personnel as may be necessary to ensure the safety of school district personnel and students upon and in the vicinity of school district premises and the security of the real and personal property owned, controlled or used by or on behalf of the school district.
(2) Persons employed and compensated as members of a law enforcement agency of a school district, when appointed and duly sworn, are peace officers as defined in ORS 161.015 (4), but only for the purpose of carrying out the duties of their employment. They are not police officers within the meaning of ORS 243.736.
(3) The district school board may:
(a) Provide for uniforms, badges and other identification of members of the law enforcement agency;
(b) Withdraw or withhold from any person employed as a member of the law enforcement agency any part or all of the powers otherwise conferred by law upon peace officers; and
(c) Define the duties of persons employed as members of the law enforcement agency and assign additional duties to those persons as the district school board may deem appropriate.
(4) Between meetings of the district school board, the district superintendent or the deputy of the superintendent shall have power to suspend any person employed as a member of the law enforcement agency pending review of the action as soon as practicable by the district school board. [1975 c.666 §2; 1989 c.606 §2; 1993 c.45 §57; 2021 c.97 §28]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.544 - Employment of classified school employees.

(1) As used in this section, "classified school employee" includes all employees of a school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a school district.
(2) A classified school employee shall have the right to be dismissed, demoted or disciplined only for just cause.
(3) School district employees subject to the civil service provisions of ORS 242.310 to 242.640 are exempt from the provisions of this section. [Formerly 342.663; 2023 c.592 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.554 - Notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment; when sent; effect of failure to give notice.

(1) Each school district shall give an individual, written notice of reasonable assurance of continued employment to all classified school 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. Such 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 school district. However, the State Board of Education shall enforce the provisions of subsection (1) of this section.
(3) As used in this section, "classified school employee" includes all employees of a public school district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in a public school district. [Formerly 342.617]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.595

[1971 c.294 §10; 1973 c.827 §28; 1979 c.836 §4; 1981 c.404 §2; 1987 c.533 §3; 1989 c.342 §2; 1993 c.749 §1; renumbered 339.133 in 1993]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.745 - Acquisition of interest in intellectual properties.

(1) Any school district or education service district may develop or acquire interests in intellectual property of any kind, whether patentable or copyrightable or not, including patents, copyrights, inventions, discoveries, processes, systems, methods and ideas. Such districts may also agree to aid in the development of property acquired pursuant to this section and ORS 332.750 and to pay an assignor of any interest in intellectual property a share of any moneys received on account of the districts’ ownership, management, use or disposition of the property.
(2) The district school board or education service district board may manage, develop or dispose of property acquired or developed under subsection (1) of this section, and may contract with any other public school district, education service district, community college district or publicly supported institution of higher education of this or any other state or with the federal government regarding the management, development, use or disposition thereof. The board may reassign such property to the person from whom it was acquired. [1969 c.217 §§1,2; 1975 c.770 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.750 - Transactions involving intellectual property exempt from certain bidding requirements.

The district school board or education service district board may determine the terms and conditions of any transaction authorized by this section and ORS 332.745 and need not require competitive bids in connection therewith. No formal publicity or advertising is required for any transaction authorized by this section and ORS 332.745, but the board shall make reasonable efforts to disseminate such information to interested public school districts, education service districts, community college districts and publicly supported institutions of higher education. [1969 c.217 §3; 1975 c.770 §29a]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.990

[Subsection (5) of 1963 Replacement Part enacted as 1961 c.570 §3; parts renumbered 336.990; subsection (8) of 1963 Replacement Part derived from 341.990; repealed by 1965 c.100 §456]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.003 - Definitions for chapter.

For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Component school district" means a common school district or a union high school district that:
(a) Is located within the territory of an education service district; and
(b) Is not withdrawn from the education service district as provided in ORS 334.015.
(2) "Education service district" means a district created under ORS 334.010 that provides regional educational services to component school districts.
(3) "Joint school district" means a common school district or a union high school district located within the territory of more than one education service district. [1995 c.611 §20; 2001 c.518 §1; 2011 c.705 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.005 - Mission; purpose; accountability.

(1) The mission of education service districts is to assist school districts and the Department of Education in achieving Oregon’s educational goals by providing equitable, high quality, cost-effective and locally responsive educational services at a regional level.
(2) An education service district plays a key role in:
(a) Ensuring an equitable and excellent education for all children in the state;
(b) Implementing the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century;
(c) Fostering the attainment of high standards of performance by all students in Oregon’s public schools; and
(d) Facilitating interorganizational coordination and cooperation among educational, social service, health care and employment training agencies.
(3) An education service district’s role is one of leadership and service. Education service districts shall maintain the distinction between their role as service organizations and the regulatory role of the Department of Education and other state agencies.
(4) To ensure that an education service district is locally responsive, an education service district shall provide:
(a) Opportunities for component school districts to participate in decisions about the services that are offered by the education service district; and
(b) A variety of flexible service delivery models.
(5) An education service district shall remain accountable to:
(a) The public at large;
(b) The component school districts; and
(c) The State Board of Education. [1963 c.544 §1; 1975 c.477 §1; 1983 c.610 §2; 1993 c.784 §1; 2001 c.518 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.010 - Creation of education service districts.

There is created in each region a district to be known as the education service district to consist of the counties and the area of the common school districts as listed in ORS 334.013, with a governing body thereof to be known as the education service district board. [Amended by 1961 c.153 §1; subsections (3) and (4) enacted as 1961 c.153 §2; 1963 c.544 §29; 1965 c.100 §170; 1977 c.481 §1; 1993 c.784 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.013 - Composition of education service districts.

(1) Except where the boundaries of an education service district are changed by merger under ORS 334.710 to 334.770 or other provision of law, the education service districts of this state are as follows:
(a) Region 1. Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook and Washington Counties.
(b) Region 2. Multnomah County.
(c) Region 3. Marion, Polk and Yamhill Counties.
(d) Region 4. Lincoln, Linn and Benton Counties.
(e) Region 5. Lane County.
(f) Region 6. Douglas County.
(g) Region 7. Coos and Curry Counties and the area lying within the Reedsport School District.
(h) Region 8. Jackson, Josephine and Klamath Counties.
(i) Region 9. Hood River and Wasco Counties.
(j) Region 10. Crook and Deschutes Counties.
(k) Region 11. Lake County.
(L) Region 12. Umatilla, Morrow, Union and Baker Counties.
(m) Region 14. Malheur County and the area comprising the Huntington School District.
(n) Region 15. Clackamas County.
(o) Region 17. Harney County.
(p) Region 18. Wallowa County.
(q) Region 19. Sherman, Gilliam and Wheeler Counties.
(r) Region 20. Grant County.
(s) Region 21. Jefferson County and the area comprising the Warm Springs Reservation.
(2) Where a boundary change or formation of a component school district results in a joint school district, the joint school district shall be included in the education service district in which the joint district’s administrative office is located. [Formerly 334.020; 2019 c.258 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.015 - Withdrawal of school district; effective date.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 334.010 and 334.013, one or more component school districts of an education service district may withdraw from the education service district.
(2) A school district board may choose to withdraw a school district from an education service district by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the school district board.
(3)(a) A school district board that chooses to withdraw a school district from the education service district must submit a notice of intent to withdraw to the board of directors of the education service district no later than November 1 of the year prior to the year in which the school district plans to withdraw from the education service district.
(b) A school district board that submitted a notice of intent to withdraw as provided by paragraph (a) of this subsection must submit a notice of withdrawal to the board of directors of the education service district no later than March 1 of the year in which the school district plans to withdraw from the education service district.
(c) Within 60 days of receiving the notice of withdrawal under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the board of directors of the education service district shall issue an order that recognizes the withdrawal of the school district from the education service district.
(4) The withdrawal of a school district from an education service district becomes effective on July 1 after the board of directors of the education service district issues the order described in subsection (3) of this section. [2011 c.705 §2; 2013 c.13 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.017 - Interview requirements for school district that withdraws.

(1) A school district that withdraws from an education service district as provided by ORS 334.015 and that seeks to fill a vacant position of employment shall interview persons who:
(a) Were employed by the education service district prior to the withdrawal of the school district; and
(b) Performed duties similar to the duties that will be performed in the position that the school district is seeking to fill.
(2) Nothing in this section requires a school district to interview a person who had been employed by an education service district if the school district does not have a similar and vacant position.
(3) The interview requirement described in this section does not apply to the superintendent of the education service district or to any other administrators, as defined in ORS 342.120, of the education service district.
(4) The interview requirement described in this section applies only during the 12 calendar months immediately following the effective date of the withdrawal of the school district from the education service district. [2011 c.705 §23]