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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.347 - Severability.

It is the intent of the Legislative Assembly that all parts of chapter 550, Oregon Laws 2023, are independent and that if any part of chapter 550, Oregon Laws 2023, is held unconstitutional, all remaining parts shall remain in force. [2023 c.550 §15]
Note:
Legislative Counsel has substituted "chapter 550, Oregon Laws 2023," for the words "this 2023 Act" in section 15, chapter 550, Oregon Laws 2023, compiled as 350.347. Specific ORS references have not been substituted, pursuant to 173.160. The sections for which substitution otherwise would be made may be determined by referring to the 2023 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 22 of ORS.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.350 - "Public institution of higher education" defined for ORS 350.355 and 350.360.

As used in ORS 350.355 and 350.360, "public institution of higher education" means:
(1) A community college; or
(2) A public university listed in ORS 352.002. [Formerly 351.700]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.357 - Part-Time Faculty Insurance Fund.

The Part-Time Faculty Insurance Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Part-Time Faculty Insurance Fund must be credited to the fund. The fund consists of moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited or transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly or otherwise and interest earned on moneys in the fund. The moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission for the purpose of reimbursing public institutions of higher education for the cost of paying premiums for health benefit plans for part-time faculty under ORS 350.355. [2021 c.583 §4]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.360 - Review of employees at public institutions of higher education; report to Legislative Assembly and Governor.

(1) As used in this section, "employee group" means each category of employee employed by a public institution of higher education, including at least categories for:
(a) Administrative or management employees;
(b) Faculty employees; and
(c) Classified or professional nonfaculty employees.
(2)(a) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall conduct an annual review of each public institution of higher education with respect to the employment of all employee groups at the institution. For the purpose of conducting the annual reviews, the commission shall determine definitions and data that will be used.
(b) Each public institution of higher education shall provide the data required for the purposes of paragraph (a) of this subsection to the commission prior to June 30 of each year. The institution must use the data the institution provided to a national post-secondary data collection system within the United States Department of Education by November 1 of the previous year. The institution shall supplement the data required to be used under this paragraph with any additional data the institution deems necessary to comply with the requirements of this section.
(c) The commission shall report the results of the annual reviews to the Legislative Assembly and the Governor before December 1 of each year.
(3) The annual reviews conducted under this section must include the following information for each employee group and for both full-time and part-time employees:
(a) The total number of employees in the employee group;
(b) The total number of full-time equivalent positions worked by employees in the employee group;
(c) The number of supervisors in the employee group;
(d) The average salary of a member of the employee group;
(e) The ratio of students to employees in the employee group;
(f) The ratio of instruction among faculty groups; and
(g) The number of employees in the employee group eligible for health care and other benefits. [Formerly 351.708; 2018 c.72 §12; 2019 c.384 §23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.370 - Requirements for classification as post-doctoral scholar position.

(1) A public university listed in ORS 352.002 or the Oregon Health and Science University may classify a position as a post-doctoral scholar position if the position:
(a) Requires a doctoral or equivalent degree;
(b) Provides a temporary and defined period of employment with the university; and
(c) Provides clinical or academic research training under formal mentorship.
(2) As used in this section, "formal mentorship" means a training and mentoring program that:
(a) Is set forth in writing;
(b) Is directed by a faculty member of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 or the Oregon Health and Science University; and
(c) Teaches professional research skills needed to pursue the post-doctoral scholar’s anticipated career path in accordance with the requirements necessary for the funding of sponsored research projects that include funding for post-doctoral scholars. [2017 c.569 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.375 - Cultural competency requirements at public universities and community colleges.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Board" means:
(A) For a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the governing board of the university; or
(B) For a community college, the board of education of a community college district.
(b) "Community college district" has the meaning given that term in ORS 341.005.
(c) "Cultural competency" means an understanding of how institutions and individuals can respond respectfully and effectively to people from all cultures, economic statuses, language backgrounds, races, ethnic backgrounds, disabilities, religions, genders, gender identifications, sexual orientations, veteran statuses and other characteristics in a manner that recognizes, affirms and values the worth, and preserves the dignity, of individuals, families and communities.
(d) "Governing board" has the meaning given that term in ORS 352.029.
(e) "Public institution of higher education" has the meaning given that term in ORS 350.350.
(2) Each public institution of higher education shall establish a process for recommending, and providing oversight for the implementation of, cultural competency standards for the public institution of higher education and the institution’s employees. The process established under this subsection must:
(a) Include a broad range of institutional perspectives;
(b) Give equal weight to the perspectives of administrators, faculty members, staff and students;
(c) Require that the institution provide continuing training and development opportunities that foster the ability of the institution’s faculty, staff and administration to meet cultural competency standards;
(d) Propose institution-wide goals that seek to improve the cultural inclusion climate for students, faculty, staff and administration from diverse backgrounds;
(e) Require preparation of a biennial report that is presented to the appropriate board regarding the institution’s progress toward achieving the goals set forth in this subsection;
(f) Recommend mechanisms for assessing how well the institution meets cultural competency standards; and
(g) Ensure that the institution clearly communicates to new faculty, staff and administrators the institution’s commitment to including meeting cultural competency standards in professional development. [2017 c.397 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.395 - Transfer Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; standards for applying community college credits toward baccalaureate degrees.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Associate transfer degree" means an associate degree that is awarded by a community college and that is intended to allow a student to apply the credits earned for the degree toward a baccalaureate degree.
(b) "Community college" means a community college operated under ORS chapter 341.
(c) "Public university" means a public university listed in ORS 352.002.
(d) "Transfer program" means a one-year program that is designed to allow a student to apply the credits earned through the program toward a baccalaureate degree.
(2) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall develop standards related to the ability of students to apply credits earned through courses of study at community colleges to baccalaureate degrees awarded by public universities. The standards shall be known as the "Transfer Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities."
(3) The standards developed under this section must include:
(a) Admission standards to public universities for students who have earned an associate transfer degree.
(b) Processes to align requirements for community college courses and public university courses to ensure that credits earned for completion of sufficiently similar courses are fully transferable between all community colleges and public universities.
(c) Processes to minimize the number of credits that students who have earned an associate transfer degree would need to complete prior to receiving various types of baccalaureate degrees at public universities, including identifying majors in baccalaureate degree programs that require more than two years to complete after a student has earned an associate transfer degree.
(d) Processes to minimize the number of credits that students who have completed a transfer program would need to complete prior to receiving various types of baccalaureate degrees at public universities.
(e) Processes by which a community college would award an associate degree to a student upon completion of necessary credits, regardless of whether the student applied to receive the degree or whether the student earned the credits for the degree at a community college or a public university.
(f) Processes to evaluate and make recommendations for the development of associate transfer degrees in specific areas of study, including engineering.
(g) Any other issues identified by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission that relate to courses of study at community colleges and the ability of a student to transfer credits to a community college or a public university, to be admitted to a public university or to earn a degree at a community college or a public university.
(h) Requirements that students must meet in order to benefit from the standards described in paragraphs (a) to (g) of this subsection. [Formerly 341.430; 2021 c.575 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.400 - Establishment of foundational curricula; requirements.

(1) Community colleges and public universities listed in ORS 352.002 shall:
(a) Evaluate existing one-year curricula for students at a public post-secondary institution of education who plan to transfer to a different public post-secondary institution of education; and
(b) Establish a foundational curriculum, or foundational curricula, for the first year of coursework at public post-secondary institutions of education in this state.
(2) A foundational curriculum established under subsection (1) of this section must contain a minimum of 30 college-level academic credits.
(3) Students at a community college who complete a foundational curriculum established under subsection (1) of this section shall:
(a) Be able to transfer each academic credit contained within the foundational curriculum from a community college to any public university listed in ORS 352.002; and
(b) Have each academic credit from the foundational curriculum be counted toward the student’s degree requirements at any public university listed in ORS 352.002. [2017 c.669 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.408 - Community college obligations when informed that enrolled student intends to pursue bachelor’s degree.

When a student attending a community college informs the community college that the student intends to pursue a bachelor’s degree by transferring to a public university listed in ORS 352.002, the community college shall:
(1) Provide the student with information on potential major courses of study that the community college has received from the public university;
(2) Provide the student with a list of existing unified statewide transfer agreements; and
(3) Encourage the student to identify a potential major course of study or unified statewide transfer agreement prior to the student completing 45 academic credits. [2017 c.669 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.412 - Role of Higher Education Coordinating Commission in facilitating foundational curricula and unified statewide transfer agreements.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall regularly use the Transfer Council established in ORS 350.426 to work with representatives from community colleges and public universities listed in ORS 352.002 in order to:
(a) Facilitate the coordination and establishment of foundational curricula described in ORS 350.400; and
(b) Facilitate the development, and ensure the continued alignment, of the unified statewide transfer agreements described in ORS 350.404.
(2) The commission shall seek to ensure that community colleges, public universities listed in ORS 352.002 and students are informed and engaged on the current status and developments of foundational curricula and unified statewide transfer agreements. [2017 c.669 §6; 2021 c.575 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.420 - Accelerated college credit programs; publicly available information; rules.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Accelerated college credit program" has the meaning given that term by rules adopted by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
(b) "Credit toward general education" means credits that may be used toward the completion of a post-secondary certificate or degree, as determined based on standards adopted by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission by rule.
(2) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall develop statewide standards for public post-secondary institutions of education to make information related to accelerated college credit programs available on each institution’s Internet website, including:
(a) The policies, methods and procedures used for determining when to accept credit from an accelerated college credit program and whether the credit will be accepted as credit toward general education;
(b) The process for appealing any determinations related to the acceptance or use of credit from an accelerated college credit program; and
(c) A list of courses, if available, that apply toward the completion of a certificate or degree.
(3) Nothing in this section is intended to supersede the authority of a post-secondary institution of education, or the faculty of an institution, to prescribe an educational program or a course of study as provided by ORS 341.290 (3) or 352.146. [2018 c.113 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.423 - Adoption of common course numbering system; transfer of academic credit; rules.

Notwithstanding ORS 352.087 (1)(q) or any other provision of law, each public post-secondary institution of education in this state shall:
(1) Adopt a common course numbering system, established by the Higher Education Coordinating Commission by rule, for introductory and other lower division courses with similar learning outcomes that are taught in accelerated college credit programs, public post-secondary institutions of education and participating nonpublic post-secondary institutions of education in this state.
(2) Accept a transfer of academic credit for each course that is subject to the system described in subsection (1) of this section as if the academic credit was earned at the institution that is accepting the transfer of academic credit with respect to:
(a) The total amount of academic credit awarded;
(b) Satisfying general education requirements for graduation; and
(c) Satisfying any requirements for a major in a baccalaureate or associate degree program. [2021 c.575 §1]
Note:
Sections 4 and 5, chapter 575, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 4.
(1) The Transfer Council established in section 6 of this 2021 Act [350.426] shall make its final recommendations on the establishment of the common course numbering system described in section 1 of this 2021 Act [350.423] no later than July 1, 2024.
(2) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall by rule establish the common course numbering system described in section 1 of this 2021 Act no later than September 1, 2024.
(3) Each public post-secondary institution of education in this state shall be in compliance with section 1 of this 2021 Act no later than the beginning of the 2025-2026 academic year. [2021 c.575 §4]
Sec. 5.
Section 4 of this 2021 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027. [2021 c.575 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.432 - Developmental educational requirements; placement test requirements; rules.

(1) As used in this section, "public institution of higher education" has the meaning given that term in ORS 350.350.
(2)(a) Each public institution of higher education must have the same developmental educational requirements and require the same placement tests for each subject area for:
(A) An incoming student who has completed high school and who the institution determines is college ready; and
(B) An incoming student who has:
(i) Received a certificate for passing an approved high school equivalency test such as the General Educational Development (GED) test as provided in ORS 350.175; and
(ii) Received a grade indicating that the student is college ready.
(b) A student shall be considered college ready in a subject area in which the student has received a score designated "GED College Ready" on a General Educational Development (GED) test for which the Director of the Office of Community Colleges and Workforce Development has issued a certificate under ORS 350.175.
(3) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission may adopt rules to implement this section. [2021 c.68 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.500 - Forestry Education Council; members; term of office.

(1) There is established a Forestry Education Council, consisting of five members appointed by the President of Oregon State University. The president shall appoint to the council at least three members who are forestland owners in this state or representatives of forest products manufacturers operating in this state.
(2) The term of office of each council member is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the president. Before the expiration of the term of a council member, the president shall appoint a successor whose term begins on January 1 next following. A council member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the president shall make an appointment to become immediately effective for the unexpired term.
(3) A council member is entitled to compensation and expenses as provided in ORS 292.495 from any unrestricted moneys in a subaccount created as described in ORS 350.520. [Formerly 351.671]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.505 - Qualifications of members of Forestry Education Council.

The members of the Forestry Education Council must be residents of this state who are well informed on the principles of providing educational opportunities for forestland owners, forest products manufacturers and persons wishing to train in forest-related occupations. [Formerly 351.674]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.510 - Administration of Forestry Education Council.

(1) The Forestry Education Council shall select one of its members as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for such terms and with duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of such offices as the President of Oregon State University determines.
(2) Except as provided in ORS 350.530, a majority of the members of the council constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(3) The council shall meet at times and places specified by the call of:
(a) The chairperson;
(b) A majority of the members of the council; or
(c) The Dean of the College of Forestry at Oregon State University after consultation with the president. [Formerly 351.677]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.520 - Public University Fund subaccount for professional forestry education.

Oregon State University may establish in the Public University Fund established under ORS 352.450 a subaccount dedicated to funding investments in professional forestry education. A subaccount created as provided in this section shall consist of any moneys from harvest taxes, appropriations, gifts, grants or donations made available to the university for the specific purpose of making investments in professional forestry education under this section. The university shall make any allocations of moneys from the subaccount to investments in professional forestry education in accordance with the criteria and measurements established by the Forestry Education Council under ORS 350.515. [Formerly 351.681]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.525 - No obligation to fund subaccount.

ORS 350.500 to 350.530 do not establish any obligation or expectation for the appropriation of General Fund moneys to the subaccount described in ORS 350.520 or any obligation or expectation that moneys from forest products harvest taxes will be increased or reallocated for deposit to the subaccount described in ORS 350.520. [Formerly 351.682]
Note:
350.525 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 350 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 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.530 - Review of allocations by President of Oregon State University.

Prior to the beginning of an academic year, the Forestry Education Council may request that the President of Oregon State University review any allocations described in ORS 350.520 that are proposed for the academic year. A request under this section must be approved by a majority of the council members. Upon receiving a request from the council, the president shall determine during the academic year whether Oregon State University should allocate additional moneys or take other measures to address any concerns raised in the council’s request. [Formerly 351.684]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.540 - Venture grant program; applicant requirements.

The governing board of a public university listed in ORS 352.002 shall adopt a policy that prescribes the requirements for a venture grant program and the requirements that a grant applicant must meet in order to receive grant moneys from the university venture development fund operated by the university, including requirements:
(1) That a grant recipient remain within this state for at least five years following the receipt of a grant or repay the grant plus interest;
(2) That the university report amounts of tax credit certificates issued by the university and cease issuing certificates until the total amount owed to the General Fund at any one time under ORS 350.550 (6) does not exceed $8.4 million and is allocated as provided in section 6, chapter 31, Oregon Laws 2016; and
(3) That the university maintain records of income realized by the university as the result of grants made from the fund and records of amounts paid to the General Fund. [Formerly 351.692; 2016 c.31 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.545 - University venture development funds; use; fee.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS 350.550 (5), the State Treasurer, as payment for expenses, may deduct a fee pursuant to ORS 293.718 from a university venture development fund administered by a public university listed in ORS 352.002 or the Oregon Health and Science University.
(2) A public university listed in ORS 352.002 or the Oregon Health and Science University may direct that moneys credited to its university venture development fund be held and invested by the university’s affiliated foundation. Any moneys held by an affiliated foundation under this section or ORS 350.550 are not subject to the provisions of ORS chapter 293 or 295 and may not be considered public or state funds for any purpose. Moneys transferred to an affiliated foundation under this section or ORS 350.550 may be used only as provided under ORS 350.540, 350.545, 350.550 and 353.445.
(3) A public university listed in ORS 352.002 or the Oregon Health and Science University may retain or may elect to have its affiliated foundation retain some or all of the principal contributed to a university venture development fund for investment to perpetuate and increase the moneys available for expenditure. The balance of the fund and the earnings on that balance may be used as provided under ORS 350.540, 350.545, 350.550 and 353.445. [Formerly 351.695]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.600 - Legislative findings.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) The current and future need for higher education services in Oregon is too great and too diverse to be met by government-sponsored institutions alone.
(2) From the early 1840s the citizens of Oregon, through private initiative, have created and sustained a variety of independent not-for-profit institutions of higher education, irrevocably organized as public benefit corporations in service to the people of Oregon. For the purposes of ORS 350.600 to 350.620, "independent institutions" or "independent higher education" refers to such institutions.
(3) These independent institutions:
(a) Conduct teaching, research and public service of high quality, contributing substantially to the preparation of a professional workforce, to the intellectual and cultural quality of life in Oregon and to the individual character of social responsibility so highly prized in this state and nation;
(b) Provide a major share of all post-secondary education in Oregon, at the lowest cost to the taxpayer;
(c) Add meaningful and valued diversity to the array of post-secondary educational opportunities available to Oregonians;
(d) Are accessible to qualified students of all ethnic backgrounds and from all socioeconomic levels;
(e) Annually attract thousands of talented people to Oregon from other regions of the country and the world;
(f) Provide unique local opportunities in higher education that many Oregonians would otherwise leave the state to find;
(g) Attract and sustain voluntary donations of private time, treasure and talent from thousands of citizens in public service toward fulfilling the educational needs of the larger community; and
(h) Constitute a sizable economic enterprise.
(4) The educational capital and services of these independent institutions are essential to meeting the current and future higher educational needs of Oregon’s citizens. [Formerly 352.665]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.605 - Public purpose to encourage and increase opportunities in independent higher education.

Based on the legislative findings described in ORS 350.600, the Legislative Assembly declares that it is an important public interest to encourage and increase opportunities in independent higher education for the people of Oregon. [Formerly 352.667]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.610 - Policies and practices of state agencies and Higher Education Coordinating Commission.

The Legislative Assembly declares that all state agencies and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission should pursue policies and engage in practices that enhance the vitality of independent higher education in Oregon and should cooperate with the state’s independent institutions. [Formerly 352.669]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.615 - State financial aid for students.

The Legislative Assembly declares that it is an important public interest, and an appropriate objective of the state, that Oregonians who need financial assistance to attend an independent institution in Oregon should have access to state financial aid. [Formerly 352.672]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.620 - State policies to enhance and encourage independent higher education.

The Legislative Assembly declares its ongoing interest in state policies that:
(1) Enhance the ability of independent institutions to sustain and expand their services in Oregon;
(2) Complement, assist and strengthen existing or planned programs and activities of independent institutions in Oregon while maintaining high academic and administrative standards;
(3) Encourage broad public participation in independent higher education;
(4) Promote coordination among independent and community colleges and state universities;
(5) Stimulate and encourage private initiative and financial support in connection with the programs and activities of independent higher education;
(6) Encourage recognition of the contributions made by independent higher education to the well-being of the state and to the development of the individual; and
(7) Develop, maintain and provide the public with sufficient information concerning independent educational opportunities within the state. [Formerly 352.675]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.630 - Legislative findings.

It is hereby determined and declared as a matter of legislative finding that:
(1) Independent institutions of higher education in the state educate a substantial share of all post-secondary students in Oregon and such nonpublic institutions make an important contribution to post-secondary education in Oregon.
(2) The state’s duty to support the achieving of public welfare purposes in education may be, in part, fulfilled by the state’s support of those nonsectarian educational objectives achieved through nonpublic post-secondary institutions.
(3) Many of Oregon’s private and independent institutions of higher learning face serious financial difficulties and, should any of these institutions be forced to close, many of their students would seek admission in public institutions creating an added financial burden to the state and an impairment of post-secondary education in Oregon. Such hazards may be substantially reduced and all education in the state improved through the purchase of nonsectarian educational services from Oregon’s private and independent institutions. [Formerly 352.710]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.635 - Definitions for ORS 350.630 to 350.655.

As used in ORS 350.630 to 350.655, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Private and independent institutions of higher education" or "institution" means any nonpublic and nonprofit college or university in the State of Oregon accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities or its successor, and any chiropractic college located in this state and accredited by the Council on Chiropractic Education or its successor.
(2) "Nonsectarian educational services" means the provision of instruction in secular subjects.
(3) "Secular subjects" means any course that is presented in the curriculum of a private and independent institution of higher education that is not hobby or recreational in nature or that does not advocate the religious teachings or the morals or forms of worship of any sect. [Formerly 352.720]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.640 - Contracts with independent institutions for nonsectarian and nonreligious educational services.

(1) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission may enter into contracts with private and independent institutions of higher education for the performance of nonsectarian educational services to assist the state in providing educational opportunities for Oregon students.
(2) The commission may accept grants, gifts, bequests, and devises of real and personal property to carry out the purposes of ORS 350.630 to 350.655.
(3) No funds disbursed pursuant to ORS 350.630 to 350.655 shall be used by any recipient for any religious purpose. [Formerly 352.730]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.645 - Computation of payments under contracts.

Payments to private and independent institutions of higher education under contracts entered into under ORS 350.640 shall be determined by the Director of the Office of Student Access and Completion on a uniform rate for every 45 quarter hours, or equivalent, of approved and registered course work in nonsectarian subjects completed by undergraduate students enrolled in the institutions who are residents of Oregon, and shall not exceed the actual cost to the institution of providing such educational services. This uniform rate shall apply to the estimated 45-hour units for each institution upon which the legislative appropriation is based for that year, or the actual 45-hour units for each institution, whichever is the lesser. Any remaining funds shall be distributed among those institutions whose actual 45-hour units exceed the estimate. The distribution to each institution shall be according to the uniform rate established for the 45-hour units or an amount equal to the ratio that the excess units bear to 45. However, if insufficient funds are available for such a distribution, then the distribution shall be according to the ratio that the total number of 45-hour units in excess of the estimate bears to the total amount of funds remaining undistributed, multiplied by the number of excess 45-hour units, if any, at each institution. [Formerly 352.740; 2017 c.66 §59]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.650 - Rules.

In accordance with any applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission may make such reasonable rules and regulations as are necessary or proper to carry out ORS 350.630 to 350.655. [Formerly 352.750]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.655 - Severability.

If a part of ORS 350.630 to 350.655 is invalid, all valid parts that are severable from the invalid part remain in effect. If a part of ORS 350.630 to 350.655 is invalid in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid applications that are severable from the invalid applications. [Formerly 352.760]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.665 - Definitions for ORS 350.665 to 350.695.

As used in ORS 350.665 to 350.695, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Education facilities" means real or personal property owned or operated by an educational institution and used to provide post-secondary education. "Education facilities" includes administrative offices, student and staff parking and on-campus dormitories, but does not include property used for sectarian instruction nor used primarily as a place of religious worship or as a part of a program of a school or department of divinity for any religious denomination or for the religious training of ministers, priests, rabbis or other similar persons in the field of religion.
(2) "Education facilities costs" means all costs of acquiring, constructing and improving education facilities, and capitalized interest, reserves, costs of credit enhancements and costs of issuing and paying revenue bonds.
(3) "Education facility revenues" means repayments of loans authorized by ORS 350.675 (3), and any moneys derived from rights or property that are security for such a loan.
(4) "Educational institution" means any nonprofit institution located in this state that grants post-secondary degrees and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities or its successor, or affiliated nonprofit foundations whose role is to further the mission of qualified institutions.
(5) "Municipality" means any city or county.
(6) "Revenue bond" means a revenue bond as defined in ORS 287A.001 that is issued by a municipality pursuant to ORS 350.665 to 350.695. [Formerly 352.790]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.670 - Finance of education facilities by municipalities.

In order to provide the people of this state with access to quality post-secondary education at a reasonable cost, and to provide an educated workforce which promotes economic development within this state, the Legislative Assembly authorizes municipalities to finance education facilities in accordance with ORS 350.665 to 350.695. [Formerly 352.795]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.675 - Powers of municipality.

Except as otherwise provided in ORS 350.685, a municipality shall have all powers necessary to finance education facilities in accordance with ORS 350.665 to 350.695, including the power:
(1) To borrow money and to issue revenue bonds to finance education facilities costs or to refund revenue bonds pursuant to ORS 287A.150.
(2) To pledge education facility revenues to pay revenue bonds.
(3) To loan money to educational institutions to finance education facilities and to enter into loan contracts.
(4) To enter into covenants with the owners of revenue bonds which are intended to protect the rights of such owners.
(5) To contract with trustees to hold and administer education facility revenues and the proceeds of revenue bonds.
(6) To take any other action necessary to carry out the powers granted by ORS 350.665 to 350.695. [Formerly 352.800]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.680 - Revenue bonds; issuance; trust funds; pledge; terms; legal effect.

(1) Revenue bonds shall be payable solely from that portion of education facility revenues which the municipality pledges therefor in the resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds.
(2) A municipality may authorize the issuance of revenue bonds by resolution or nonemergency ordinance under the procedure described in ORS 287A.150.
(3) The resolution may provide for the establishment of one or more special funds and may place such funds under the control of one or more trustees. The resolution may obligate the municipality to deposit and expend the proceeds of the revenue bonds only into and from such fund or funds, and to set aside and pay into such fund or funds specified education facility revenues.
(4) Any pledge of education facility revenues made by a municipality shall be valid and binding, without physical delivery or additional action, from the time that the pledge is made against any parties having subsequent claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against a municipality or an educational institution, irrespective of whether such parties have actual notice thereof. The pledge shall be noted in the resolution authorizing issuance of revenue bonds, which shall be constructive notice thereof to all parties and the resolution need not be recorded, nor shall the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code be required to perfect such pledge.
(5) The municipality may establish the terms under which its revenue bonds shall be issued and sold.
(6) All revenue bonds issued pursuant to ORS 350.665 to 350.695 shall be legal securities which may be used by any insured institution or trust company, as those terms are defined in ORS 706.008, for deposit with the State Treasurer or a county treasurer or city treasurer as security for deposits in lieu of a surety bond under any law relating to deposits of public moneys. The revenue bond shall constitute legal investments for public bodies, trustees and other fiduciaries, banks, savings and loan associations and insurance companies. All revenue bonds shall constitute negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of the law of this state. [Formerly 352.805]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.690 - Municipalities acting jointly.

All powers and duties provided in ORS 350.665 to 350.695 may be exercised or discharged by two or more municipalities acting jointly. A municipality may issue revenue bonds to finance education facilities located within the boundaries of another municipality. [Formerly 352.815]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.695 - Investment of revenues.

Notwithstanding ORS chapter 294, education facility revenues and the proceeds of revenue bonds may be invested in any classes of security which are described in the resolution authorizing issuance of the revenue bonds or are otherwise approved by the municipality. [Formerly 352.820]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.750 - Nonresident tuition in post-secondary educational institutions.

The Legislative Assembly finds that:
(1) It is in the interest of this state and its people that Oregon residents have access to the post-secondary institutions in the Northwest which best provide for the educational needs of those students;
(2) The people of Oregon and their post-secondary institutions benefit through the provision of access to Oregon colleges and universities for students from the state of Washington and from the enhanced economic and cultural well-being of the northwest region;
(3) The state should reduce or eliminate the nonresident tuition barriers that might exist between the states of Oregon and Washington to restrict or inhibit enrollment of residents of one of these states in a community college or public college or university in the other state;
(4) The general policy statement on reduction of admission and tuition barriers between the states of Oregon and Washington shall not apply to students at the Oregon Health and Science University, where enrollment priority shall continue to be given to qualified Oregon residents; and
(5) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall develop plans to carry out the intent of this policy within the appropriations available, and shall report to the appropriate legislative review agency before implementing the plan. [Formerly 351.647]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.755 - Interstate agreements.

(1) In addition to any interstate agreements entered into under ORS 350.750, the Governor shall encourage interstate agreements with Washington, Idaho and California. Such agreements shall be in accordance with ORS 190.410 to 190.440 and shall:
(a) Provide for full-time equivalent reimbursement to this state for any students from another state who enroll in an Oregon public post-secondary institution pursuant to the agreement;
(b) Provide that only students who reside in counties that share a common border with this state may participate in any program developed pursuant to such an agreement; and
(c) Provide that the county government or other similar county-wide public organization of any county involved in the agreement shall provide or arrange to provide a portion of the costs of attendance for participating students.
(2) Any public post-secondary institution entering into an interstate agreement under this section shall send a copy of the agreement to the Governor and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission.
(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to interstate agreements entered into pursuant to ORS 350.750. [Formerly 351.653]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.770 - Western Regional Higher Education Compact ratified.

The Western Regional Higher Education Compact is ratified and approved and the adherence of this state to its provisions, upon ratification and approval by any five or more of the states or territories therein named, is declared. [Formerly 351.770]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.780 - Effective time of compact.

Upon ratification and approval of the Western Regional Higher Education Compact by any five or more of the specified states or territories, the Governor of this state shall execute the compact on behalf of this state and perform any other acts which may be deemed requisite to its formal ratification and promulgation. [Formerly 351.790]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.785 - Commission members; appointment and removal.

(1) The Governor shall appoint the Oregon members of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
(2) The qualifications and terms of office of the members of the commission for this state shall conform with the provisions of Article IV of the compact.
(3) The Governor may remove a member of the commission for cause after notice and public hearing. [Formerly 351.800]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 350 - Statewide Coordination of Higher Education › Section 350.790 - Authority to take action to achieve ends of compact.

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission, public universities listed in ORS 352.002, the Oregon Health and Science University and the Oregon members of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education are authorized to take any action necessary to achieving the ends of the Western Regional Higher Education Compact. [Formerly 351.810]