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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.019 - Rejoining of school district; effective date.

(1) A school district board that withdrew a school district from an education service district as provided in ORS 334.015 may choose to rejoin the school district to the education service district.
(2) A school district board that chooses to rejoin a school district to an education service district as provided in subsection (1) of this section may rejoin by an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the board. A vote described in this subsection must occur no later than November 1 of the year prior to the year in which the school district board plans to rejoin the school district to the education service district.
(3) The school district board shall notify 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 board plans to rejoin the school district to the education service district. Within 60 days of receiving the notice, the board of directors of the education service district shall issue an order that recognizes the rejoining of a school district to the education service district.
(4) The rejoining of a school district to 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 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.020

[Amended by 1957 c.678 §2; 1963 c.544 §30; 1965 c.100 §171; 1975 c.770 §39; 1993 c.784 §3; 1995 c.611 §6; renumbered 334.013 in 2011]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.022 - Prohibition on distinction in state funding between multicounty and single county districts.

In adopting any rule relating to the distribution of state funds to education service districts, the State Board of Education shall not make any distinction based on the administrative structure of multicounty education service districts and the administrative structure of single county education service districts. [1993 c.784 §38]
Note:
334.022 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 334 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 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.025 - Number of board members; election; local advisory committees.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) The board of directors of an education service district shall consist of seven, nine or 11 members.
(2) In education service districts, not fewer than five of the directors shall be elected, one from each of the zones established under ORS 334.032. At the discretion of the board of directors, one or two board members may be elected from the district at large.
(3) On the petition of two component school districts, the board shall establish local advisory committees to represent the interests of areas within the petitioning districts. The local advisory committees shall advise the board on matters of concern within the advisory committee’s area. Local advisory committees shall represent two or more component school districts.
(4) The board of directors may by resolution increase or decrease the number of members of the board. The board’s resolution shall be entered with sufficient time for the board to give the required information to the elections officer under ORS 255.069, and the board’s resolution shall have no effect on the terms of any current board members. [1957 c.678 §4; 1961 c.323 §1; 1965 c.100 §172; 1981 c.131 §1; 1993 c.784 §4; 1995 c.611 §7; 2001 c.518 §3; 2019 c.449 §18]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.032 - Zones; representation of counties within district.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) The board of directors of an education service district shall divide the education service district into not more than 11 zones as nearly equal in census population as may be practicable, measured along common school district boundary lines except that zones may be established using voting precinct boundaries in order to achieve greater equality of population. If possible, the board shall establish the zones so that each county within the education service district, the majority of the land area of which lies within the boundaries of the education service district, has at least one member on the board.
(2) Each county within the education service district, the majority of the land area of which lies within the boundaries of the education service district, shall have at least one member on the board or shall have at least one member on the budget committee of the education service district.
(3) The board may readjust the boundaries of the zones once each year and shall readjust the boundaries of the zones immediately upon any change of the boundaries of the education service district. [1965 c.100 §173; 1975 c.206 §1; 1981 c.131 §2; 1993 c.784 §6; 1995 c.611 §8; 2001 c.518 §4; 2019 c.449 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.035 - Nomination of candidates.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) In education service districts having a population of less than 550,000 according to the latest federal census, a candidate for the district board shall be nominated in accordance with ORS 255.235 except as provided in this section. When a candidate is nominated from a zone by a nominating petition, the nominating petition must be signed by electors registered in the zone in which the candidate is a resident and who are qualified to vote in their respective component school districts. When a candidate is nominated at large by a nominating petition, the nominating petition must be signed by electors of the district. A candidate for education service district board member must be qualified to vote in the election in which the individual is a candidate.
(2) In education service districts having a population of 550,000 or more according to the latest federal census, the name of any qualified person nominated as provided by ORS 255.235 shall be placed on the ballot as a candidate for the office of director of the education service district. [1957 c.678 §5; 1963 c.544 §32; 1965 c.100 §174; 1973 c.796 §47; 1974 c.45 §5; 1981 c.131 §3; 1983 c.83 §66; 1983 c.350 §180; 1993 c.784 §7; 1995 c.611 §9; 2019 c.449 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.045 - Election procedure.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) In education service districts, members of the board shall be elected at the time of the regular district election described in ORS 255.335 for the term commencing July 1 as provided in ORS 334.090. For this purpose, a district election shall be held in such districts in those zones from which a member or members of the board are to be elected, and in the district as a whole if a member or members at large are to be elected. The registrar of elections of the county in which such district is located shall be the elections officer for such elections.
(2) The education service district shall pay the actual cost of printing ballots and tally sheets for each election under this section, and the cost of checking signatures on certificates of nomination, together with such proportionate part of the general expenses of such election as provided in ORS 255.305.
(3) All elections of members of the board shall be held as provided in ORS chapter 255. [1957 c.678 §8; 1963 c.544 §33; 1965 c.100 §175; 1973 c.796 §48; 1975 c.647 §29b; 1977 c.149 §3; 1981 c.131 §4; 1983 c.350 §181; 1993 c.784 §8; 1995 c.258 §5; 1995 c.611 §10a; 2019 c.449 §21]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.095 - Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal; recall.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) The education service district board shall declare the office of a director vacant when the incumbent:
(a) Dies or resigns;
(b) Is removed from office or a court declares the election for the office void;
(c) Ceases to be a resident of a school district that is located within the territory of the education service district;
(d) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, ceases to be a resident of the zone from which nominated;
(e) Ceases to discharge the duties of office for two consecutive months unless prevented from discharging the duties by sickness or other unavoidable cause; or
(f) Is recalled.
(2) The education service district board may not declare the office of a director vacant if the director is a resident of a school district that withdraws from the education service district as provided by ORS 334.015 unless:
(a) The director’s term expires; or
(b) The education service district board declares the office vacant for a reason described in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) A director nominated from a zone who changes permanent residence from one zone to another zone in which another director resides shall continue to serve as director until the next regular election when a successor shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(4) A director guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office, by the appropriate proceeding, may be removed from office by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(5) Members may be recalled in the manner provided in ORS 249.865 to 249.877. If the member was elected by a zone, the recall petition shall be signed by electors from that zone and electors from the zone are the only electors eligible to vote in the recall election. If the member was elected at large, the recall petition shall be signed by electors from the district and electors from the district are eligible to vote in the recall election. [1981 c.131 §§7,8; 1993 c.784 §10; 2003 c.576 §435; 2011 c.705 §5; 2012 c.91 §10; 2019 c.449 §23]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.100 - Organization of board; meetings; quorum; compensation.

(1) Each education service district board shall meet during July and organize by electing one of its members chairperson and one vice chairperson, each of whom shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified. No member shall serve as chairperson for more than two years in succession.
(2) Regular meetings of an education service district board shall be held on meeting dates determined by the board. Special meetings may be held on dates to be determined by the board.
(3) Members of the education service district board shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for all traveling and other expenses necessarily incurred in performing their duties as members of the board.
(4) A majority of the members of the education service district board shall constitute a quorum. A lesser number may meet and adjourn from time to time and compel the presence of absent members. The affirmative vote of a majority of members of the board is required to transact any business.
(5) Any duty imposed upon the education service district board as a body must be performed at a regular or special meeting and must be made a matter of record. The consent to any particular measure obtained of individual members when the board is not in session is not an act of the board and is not binding upon the district. [Amended by 1963 c.544 §34; 1965 c.100 §177; 1975 c.477 §8; 1975 c.647 §29c; 1975 c.770 §41a; 1981 c.131 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.105 - Definitions for ORS 334.108 to 334.115.

As used in ORS 334.108 to 334.115, "pilot education service district" means:
(1) The Willamette Education Service District;
(2) The High Desert Education Service District; and
(3) The Northwest Regional Education Service District. [2005 c.828 §10; 2007 c.589 §1; 2010 c.59 §1]
Note:
334.105 to 334.115 were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 334 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 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.108 - Number of board members; election or appointment; zones; selection of successors; vacancies.

(1) Notwithstanding ORS chapter 334, the board of directors of a pilot education service district shall consist of nine members as follows:
(a) Five directors shall represent zones established under ORS 334.032 and shall be elected by the boards of the component school districts; and
(b) Four directors shall be appointed by the directors described in paragraph (a) of this subsection, including one at-large director and a director representing each of the following:
(A) Public post-secondary institutions located within the pilot education service district;
(B) Social service providers; and
(C) The business community.
(2) The board of directors of a pilot education service district shall divide the pilot education service district into five zones as nearly equal in census population as may be practicable, measured along common school district boundary lines.
(3) The board of directors of a pilot education service district may readjust the boundaries of the zones once each year and shall readjust the boundaries of the zones immediately upon any change of the boundaries of the pilot education service district or a component school district.
(4)(a) Prior to the end of the term of office of any elected director of a pilot education service district, the boards of the component school districts within the zone the director represented shall elect a successor whose term begins on July 1 next following. Each component school district board shall have one vote. A director is eligible for reelection.
(b) Prior to the end of the term of office of any appointed director of a pilot education service district, the directors described in subsection (1)(a) of this section shall appoint a successor whose term begins on July 1 next following. A director who was appointed under subsection (1)(b) of this section is eligible for reappointment.
(5) Any vacancy on the board of directors of a pilot education service district that occurs before the end of the term of office of a director of a pilot education service district shall be filled following the process described in this section. [2005 c.828 §11; 2007 c.589 §3; 2010 c.59 §2; 2011 c.9 §34]
Note:
See note under 334.105.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.112 - Declaration of vacancy in office of director; removal.

(1) ORS 334.095 does not apply to a pilot education service district. However, the board of directors of a pilot education service district shall declare the office of a director vacant when the incumbent:
(a) Dies or resigns;
(b) Is removed from office or a court declares the election or appointment for the office void;
(c) Ceases to be a resident of a school district that is located within the territory of the pilot education service district;
(d) Ceases to be a resident of the zone from which elected; or
(e) Ceases to discharge the duties of office for two consecutive months unless prevented from discharging the duties by sickness or other unavoidable cause.
(2) Except for a reason described in subsection (1) of this section, the board of directors of a pilot education service district may not declare vacant prior to June 30, 2013, the office of a director who is a resident of a school district that withdraws from the pilot education service district as provided by ORS 334.015.
(3) A director guilty of misfeasance or malfeasance in office, by the appropriate proceeding, may be removed from office by a court of competent jurisdiction. [2005 c.828 §12; 2012 c.91 §11]
Note:
See note under 334.105.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.115 - Legislative report.

Each pilot education service district shall biennially report to the interim legislative committees relating to education on the governance structure of the board of the pilot education service district prior to October 1 of each even-numbered year. [2005 c.828 §13; 2007 c.589 §4]
Note:
See note under 334.105.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.127 - Title of real property when district ceases or school district withdraws.

(1) Whenever an education service district ceases to exist, its real property shall pass to the successor district, which is authorized to treat the property in the same manner as did the predecessor district.
(2) Whenever a school district withdraws from an education service district as provided in ORS 334.015, the school district and education service district shall determine the disposition of any real property of the education service district that is located within the boundaries of the school district. If the school district and the education service district are unable to agree on how to dispose of the real property, the education service district shall retain the property. [1975 c.477 §7; 2011 c.705 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.145 - Office space provided by county; rent; additional space; purchase of required space; providing space.

(1) At the discretion of the county court or board of county commissioners of any county within the education service district, the county may provide space for the board, superintendent and staff of the education service district and may charge the district a reasonable sum as rent for this space.
(2) The board of an education service district may rent such space as may be required when the space offered by the county, if any, is considered to be inadequate. Subject to ORS 334.125 and the funding allocation of the education service district, the board may purchase such required space.
(3) The education service district may provide space for the offices of other education, employment training and human service providers. [1967 c.379 §§2,3; 1975 c.477 §5; 1977 c.56 §2; 1993 c.784 §12; 2001 c.518 §6]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.177 - Expenditure of percentage of amounts received on services.

(1) As used in this section, "local revenues of an education service district" has the meaning given that term in ORS 327.019 but does not include any local revenues distributed under ORS 327.019 (8).
(2) An education service district board shall expend at least 90 percent of all amounts received from the State School Fund and at least 90 percent of all amounts considered to be local revenues of an education service district on services or programs that have been approved by the component school districts of the education service district through the resolution process described in ORS 334.175.
(3)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (2) of this section, the school district board of a school district that is located in a region described in ORS 334.013 (1)(a), (e) or (i) may request in writing that a percentage of the amounts identified in subsection (2) of this section be distributed to the school district for any purpose identified by the school district board.
(b) A school district board that makes a request under paragraph (a) of this subsection:
(A) Must make the request to the education service district board by November 1 of the year prior to the school year for which the request is being made; and
(B) Must designate the percentage of the amounts identified in subsection (2) of this section that will be distributed to the school district.
(c) The education service district board:
(A) Shall approve a request submitted as provided by this subsection; and
(B) Shall determine the amounts attributable to the school district and eligible for distribution based on the weighted average daily membership (ADMw) of the school district for which the request was made.
(d) For each school year for which a school district receives a distribution as provided by this subsection:
(A) The school district may act only in an advisory capacity for decisions made in relation to the governance of the education service district if the school district board designates a percentage under paragraph (a) of this subsection that is greater than 50 percent but less than 100 percent; and
(B) Notwithstanding ORS 334.015 and 334.019, the school district shall be considered to have withdrawn from the education service district in the manner provided by ORS 334.015 if the school district board designates a percentage under paragraph (a) of this subsection that is 100 percent.
(4) An education service district board shall expend 100 percent of all amounts received from the School Improvement Fund on services or programs that have been approved by the component school districts of the education service district through the resolution process described in ORS 334.175.
(5) The expenditure requirements of this section apply only to amounts retained by the education service district after making any distributions required under ORS 327.019 (9). [2001 c.695 §27; 2001 c.695 §29; 2007 c.578 §4; 2009 c.705 §1; 2011 c.705 §11; 2013 c.751 §§1,3,5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.185 - Entrepreneurial services and facilities.

(1) An education service district may provide entrepreneurial services and facilities to public and private entities and to school districts that are not component school districts of the education service district if:
(a) The services are part of the local service plan developed pursuant to ORS 334.175;
(b) The services are provided pursuant to a business plan; and
(c) The primary purpose of the services is to address a need of component school districts.
(2) An education service district must submit entrepreneurial services and facilities to component school districts for approval to ensure that component school districts receive information about the costs and benefits of providing services and facilities, including identification of the funding sources for the services and facilities and an explanation of whether any moneys received from the State School Fund or local revenues of the education service district, as defined in ORS 327.019, may be required to finance the services or facilities.
(3) Pupils residing in school districts that are not component school districts of an education service district but that receive entrepreneurial services or use facilities under this section may not be included in the computation of the percentage required by ORS 334.175 (5)(b).
(4) Entrepreneurial services and facilities may be provided under contract or on a reimbursable basis. Expenditures by the education service district board for entrepreneurial services and facilities provided on a reimbursable basis under this section shall be limited to the moneys received for the purpose specified and are not subject to the Local Budget Law (ORS 294.305 to 294.565) but are subject to an annual financial report to the component school districts.
(5) Budget estimates of expenditures for entrepreneurial services and facilities provided under this section must show the estimates of moneys receivable and must be shown as offsetting revenue items. [1965 c.100 §181; 1993 c.784 §14; 1995 c.611 §14; 2005 c.828 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.215 - Gifts.

(1) An education service district board may accept gifts and bequests of money for the establishment and conduct of child guidance clinics and for any other purpose consistent with the powers and duties of the district.
(2) The board shall deposit any such money received in a special fund and the money shall be expended under the direction of the board for the purposes for which it was donated. [Formerly 343.925; 1993 c.784 §15; 1995 c.611 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.217 - Standards of adequacy of services and facilities; plans for nonstandard districts; effect of failure to comply; sanctions; rules.

(1) The State Board of Education by rule shall establish standards to determine the adequacy of services and facilities provided by the education service districts. In establishing such standards, the state board shall consider the most economic method of providing services and facilities, the quality of the services and facilities according to the best educational standards, and the needs of the students.
(2) When the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines pursuant to rule that an education service district is nonstandard, the district designated nonstandard shall file a plan to meet standards over a specified period of time. The Superintendent of Public Instruction may accept, reject or modify the plan and order the nonstandard district to comply with the plan as approved by the superintendent. Once a plan is approved, the district shall be conditionally standard until all deficiencies are corrected. If a district corrects all deficiencies, the district shall be designated as standard. The district shall have 180 days from the date the plan is accepted to make all corrections. After that time, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may impose sanctions on the district if the district has not made the necessary corrections.
(3) The state board shall establish by rule appropriate sanctions for noncompliance. The sanctions may include:
(a) Mandatory merger of the nonstandard education service district with a contiguous education service district that is standard;
(b) The sanctions described in ORS 342.173, if applicable;
(c) The withholding of funds from the State School Fund;
(d) The removal of the superintendent of the education service district;
(e) The temporary governance of the education service district by the state board; or
(f) Dissolution of the education service district. [1975 c.477 §3; 1989 c.491 §21; 1993 c.784 §16; 1999 c.1054 §1; 2011 c.705 §38]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.219 - Report on performance and finances; distribution and accessibility of report.

(1) No later than October 1 of each year, the board of directors of an education service district shall produce an annual report related to the performance and the finances of the education service district for the previous school year. The purpose of the report is to provide information to parents, component school districts and the Department of Education and to improve education service districts through greater involvement of persons who are interested in the success of education service districts.
(2) The annual report that is produced as required by this section must include:
(a) The size and demographics of the education service district;
(b) The number of students served by the education service district, identified by school district;
(c) Services provided by the education service district, and how those services align with the goals described in ORS 334.175 and the local service plan developed for the education service district;
(d) The number of hours of services provided by the education service district, identified by category;
(e) The staff of the education service district, identified by category;
(f) The use of distance learning; and
(g) The education service district’s revenue and expenditures, including employee salary information.
(3) The board of directors of the education service district must:
(a) Submit the report produced as required by this section to:
(A) The component school districts of the education service district; and
(B) The Department of Education.
(b) Make the report produced as required by this section available to the public at the administrative offices of the education service district and on the website for the education service district. [2011 c.705 §25]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.225 - Superintendent; duties; compensation; termination.

(1) The education service district board shall employ a superintendent who must hold an administrative license as a superintendent. The superintendent shall serve as the board’s executive officer, give an official bond or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an insured institution, as defined in ORS 706.008, and have the duties prescribed by the board and the laws of this state.
(2) The board shall fix the term and compensation of the superintendent, provide office room for the superintendent and allow all of the superintendent’s necessary traveling expenses. A contract for employment of the superintendent may provide for the termination of employment of the superintendent prior to the expiration of the contract. If the superintendent and the education service district board mutually agree to include a termination-without-cause provision in the contract, the education service district board may terminate the superintendent’s employment, without cause, at any time during the contract period only if the education service district board provides the superintendent with at least 12 months’ notice of the termination. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the education service district board to make a wrongful termination or a termination for any reason described in subsection (4) of this section.
(3) The education service district board shall designate the superintendent as the district clerk. The board may appoint qualified persons as deputies to the superintendent to perform the duties required of the district clerk by law or by the board.
(4)(a) An education service district board may not:
(A) Direct a superintendent to take any action that conflicts with a local, state or federal law that applies to education service districts;
(B) Take an adverse employment action against a superintendent for complying with a local, state or federal law that applies to education service districts; or
(C) Employ a superintendent pursuant to a contract that purports to waive, or conflicts with, any provision or requirement of subparagraph (A) or (B) of this paragraph.
(b) As used in this subsection:
(A) "Local, state or federal law" means a local, state or federal directive having the force of law, including an ordinance, a city or county resolution, a statute, a court decision, an administrative rule or regulation, an order issued in compliance with ORS chapter 183, an executive order or any other directive, declaration or statement that is issued in compliance with the law as having the force of law and that is issued by a local government as defined in ORS 174.116, the state government as defined in ORS 174.111 or the federal government.
(B) "Superintendent" includes an interim superintendent. [Formerly 334.120; 1975 c.278 §9; 1975 c.477 §9a; 1983 c.379 §9; 1985 c.195 §1; 1991 c.331 §56; 1997 c.631 §462; 2011 c.705 §28; 2015 c.245 §44; 2023 c.592 §34]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.231 - Employment of classified school employees.

(1) As used in this section, "classified school employee" includes all employees of an education service district except those for whom a teaching or administrative license is required as a basis for employment in an education service district.
(2) A classified school employee shall have the right to be dismissed, demoted or disciplined only for just cause. [2023 c.592 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.240 - District budget; budget committee; audits.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the education service district board shall be subject in all respects to ORS 294.305 to 294.565, except that in addition to other qualifications, members of the budget committee who are not members of the education service district board shall be members of component school district boards within the education service district or shall be designees of a school district board.
(2) Notwithstanding ORS 294.414 and 294.423, a majority of the members of the budget committee of an education service district must consist of members of the component school district boards or designees of a school district board. The budget committee may meet to conduct business if the education service district board is unable to fill all of the positions on the budget committee.
(3) The budget committee shall prepare a budget for the operational and administrative expenses of the education service district. The budget shall include amounts necessary to provide services required by the local service plan of the district developed under ORS 334.175. The budget must be adopted by the board of the education service district.
(4) The board of the education service district shall ensure that an annual audit of the accounts of the education service district is prepared in accordance with the Municipal Audit Law, as provided in ORS 297.405 to 297.555 and 297.990. [1957 c.678 §12; 1963 c.544 §37; 1965 c.100 §185; 1981 c.131 §10; 1993 c.784 §16a; 1995 c.611 §17; 1999 c.1054 §2; 2005 c.828 §5; 2011 c.705 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.285 - Apportionment of taxes; split between elementary and secondary school purposes.

(1) Before July 15 of each year, the education service district board shall certify the amount of ad valorem property taxes as provided in ORS 310.060 and the apportionment to the county assessor. The county assessor shall extend the levy on the assessment and tax roll as the levy of the education service district board, applicable at a uniform rate or rates to all taxable property within the education service district, including joint districts in adjacent counties that are included in the district.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, the education service district board shall split its total operating taxes or other ad valorem property taxes into separate portions for elementary and high school purposes where necessary in order to avoid double taxation. The portion for elementary purposes shall amount to two-thirds of the total amount of taxes and the portion for high school purposes shall amount to one-third of the total amount of taxes. Before July 15 of such year, the board shall certify to the county assessor the amount of its taxes for elementary purposes and the amount of its taxes for high school purposes. The county assessor shall extend the taxes for elementary and high school purposes on the assessment and tax rolls as taxes of the education service district board, applicable at a uniform rate or rates to all taxable property within the education service district, including joint districts in adjacent counties that are included in the education service district. The taxes for elementary purposes shall apply to all taxable property in the district for which elementary education is provided by a school district within the education service district. The taxes for high school purposes shall apply to all taxable property in the district for which high school education is provided by a school district within the education service district. [1979 c.689 §23; 1997 c.541 §373]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.293 - Direct ad valorem tax required to pay bonds.

Notwithstanding ORS 334.240 and 334.285, each education service district shall ascertain and levy annually, in addition to all other taxes, a direct ad valorem tax on all taxable property in the education service district sufficient to pay the maturing interest and principal of all education service district bonds promptly when and as the payments become due. The board in each year shall include the taxes in the education service district budget for that year. [1995 c.333 §13; 2005 c.209 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.370 - Emergency aid fund.

The education service district board may include in its own budget, adopted pursuant to ORS 334.240, an emergency aid fund for use, at the discretion of the board, in aiding school districts within the education service district with emergency expenses unforeseen at the time of making the budget of such districts. The emergency aid fund shall not exceed five percent of the combined budget of all districts included in such education service district. [1957 c.678 §15(2); 1965 c.100 §198]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.550 - Effects of reorganization.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Obligations" means all contractual obligations, employment and service contracts and collective bargaining agreements.
(b) "Reorganized" means a change in:
(A) The boundaries of an education service district, including a merger; or
(B) The governance structure of an education service district.
(2) Employees who are employed by an education service district that is reorganized and who are employed in duties that, after the reorganization, are to be performed by the new education service district shall be considered employees of the new education service district. The new education service district shall succeed the previous education service district as party to any employment contracts.
(3) Employees in the new education service district shall retain any seniority and accumulated sick leave and vacation leave from the previous education service district.
(4) All real and personal property belonging to an education service district that is reorganized is considered property of the new education service district.
(5) All obligations of an education service district that is reorganized are considered obligations of the new education service district. [2011 c.705 §22]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.690 - State board as boundary board; criteria for reorganization; filing boundary change.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, the State Board of Education shall constitute the boundary board for education service districts. In examining any proposal to reorganize education service districts, the state board shall consider whether the proposed district would have the following characteristics:
(a) A student population of at least 10,000 students or would have such a student population in the foreseeable future;
(b) The ability to support the staff necessary to provide a wide array of services;
(c) Boundaries that reflect the area’s sense of community, and take into account topography, climate and highway patterns so that there is reasonable access to all areas within the region;
(d) A distance of no more than two and one-half hours’ driving time between the regional office or suboffice and the most remote school; and
(e) At least one publicly supported, post-secondary institution within the region.
(2) For purposes of ad valorem taxation, a boundary change must be filed in final approved form with the county assessor and the Department of Revenue as provided in ORS 308.225. [1993 c.784 §20; 2001 c.138 §15; 2019 c.449 §32]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.710 - Petition; review by state board; notice; hearing.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) If two or more education service districts desire to join together for the purpose of forming one education service district, a petition from each such district shall be presented to the State Board of Education when:
(a) Resolutions are presented to each of the education service district boards by the boards of the component school districts that represent two-thirds of the component school districts that are a part of each of the education service districts and that have at least a majority of the pupils included in the average daily membership of the education service district, as determined by the reports of such school districts for the preceding school year, enrolled in the schools of the districts; or
(b) The education service district boards mutually consent to the merger and a majority vote of each board has approved a petition.
(2) The State Board of Education shall review the petitions and within 15 days after the board meeting at which the petitions are reviewed, shall notify the education service district boards of each district designated by the petitions, fix the date of and be responsible for supervising the giving of notices as provided in ORS 330.400 and conducting the public hearings in each proposing district to discuss the proposal contained in the petitions. [1963 c.544 §50b; 1965 c.100 §204; 1983 c.83 §67; 1983 c.284 §12; 2001 c.518 §7; 2019 c.449 §33]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.720 - State board order; effective date.

(1) At the public hearings conducted pursuant to ORS 334.710, the State Board of Education shall cause to have discussed the effect of the proposed district and any resident of the affected districts may be heard with reference to the proposal.
(2) If, after the hearings, the State Board of Education determines that the proposal is feasible, the board shall order the proposed merger of the districts based on the proposal.
(3) When two or more education service districts join together in the manner provided in this section, the new district shall come into existence effective May 31 of the year following the order of the State Board of Education issued under subsection (2) of this section. [1963 c.544 §§50c,50d; 1965 c.100 §205; 1983 c.83 §68; 1983 c.350 §186; 2001 c.518 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.730 - Joint meeting; zoning; election of new directors.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) Immediately after the order to join two or more education service districts together, the boards of directors of all education service districts within the boundaries of the new district shall meet together upon the call of the chairperson of the board of the most populous district. Notwithstanding ORS 334.025 or ORS chapter 255, the joint board of directors shall divide the new district into as many zones as the board considers necessary, but not fewer than seven nor more than 11. The zones shall be as nearly equal in population as may be practicable. If possible, the joint board shall establish the zones so that each county within the new education service district, the majority of the land area of which lies within the boundaries of the education service district, has at least one member on the board.
(2) Within 90 days after the zones required in subsection (1) of this section are established, the joint board of directors shall call a special election in the new district for the purpose of electing directors, one of whom shall be elected from each zone established under subsection (1) of this section by the electors of the zone. [1963 c.544 §50e; 1965 c.100 §208; 1967 c.145 §1; 1975 c.770 §44; 1983 c.350 §188; 2001 c.518 §9; 2019 c.449 §34]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.740 - Nomination.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, the nomination of a candidate to serve as a director of the new education service district from a zone, when made by a petition, shall be signed by electors registered in the zone in which the candidate is a resident. The nomination of a candidate to serve as a director of the new education service district at large, when made by a petition, shall be signed by electors of the district. A candidate must be qualified to vote in the election in which the individual is a candidate and must be qualified to hold office as a director of an education service district. [1963 c.544 §50f; 1965 c.100 §209; 1973 c.796 §51; 1983 c.83 §69; 1983 c.350 §189; 2001 c.518 §10; 2019 c.449 §35]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.750 - Term of office.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) The board of directors of the new education service district shall take office on July 1 of the year following its election.
(2) The minority of directors of the new education service district shall serve terms expiring June 30 next following the first regular district election and the majority of directors shall serve terms expiring June 30 next following the second regular district election.
(3) The directors first elected shall determine by lot the length of term each shall hold office.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the term of office of boards of directors of preexisting education service districts shall terminate on the date in which the new education service district comes into existence and its new board of directors qualifies to hold office. [1963 c.544 §§50h,50j; 1965 c.100 §210; 1967 c.145 §2; 1971 c.47 §5; 1975 c.647 §30; 1985 c.808 §80; 1993 c.784 §22; 1995 c.258 §6; 2019 c.449 §36]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 334 - Education Service Districts › Section 334.760 - Power of new board prior to existence of new district.

During the period following their election and prior to the date the new education service district comes into existence, the board of directors of the new education service district may take such action as is essential in order that the new district may carry out its required functions when it comes into existence, including the preparation and adoption of a budget for the new district. Expenditures of the board under this section shall be paid from the budgets of the component education service districts on a prorated basis. [1963 c.544 §50i; 1965 c.100 §211]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 335 - High Schools › Section 335.090 - School districts responsible for high school education; levy.

(1) The high school education of all children of school age resident within a school district that does not operate a high school or that is not a component part of a union high school district shall be the responsibility of the district.
(2) The district shall pay the tuition of all pupils resident within the district who are qualified to attend and are attending a standard public high school either within or outside the state.
(3) The district shall provide for transportation to the nearest standard public high school which pupils may attend. Reasonable board and room may be furnished instead of transportation if desired. If the district arranges for the attendance of pupils at a standard public high school other than the nearest one pupils may attend, then the district shall provide for transportation to the standard public high school which the pupils are attending.
(4) The estimated cost of tuition and transportation or board and room instead of transportation shall be included in and be a part of the budget and shall be levied as provided in ORS 335.095. [1955 c.674 §3; 1957 c.583 §2; 1961 c.688 §1; 1963 c.158 §1; 1965 c.100 §212; 1993 c.45 §66; 2003 c.226 §15]