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2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 329A - Child Care › Section 329A.994 - Civil penalty for interference with disclosure of information.

Notwithstanding ORS 329A.992, the Department of Early Learning and Care shall impose a civil penalty, as provided in ORS 183.745, for the violation of ORS 329A.348. The civil penalty is $500 for each violation. [2019 c.381 §9; 2023 c.554 §42]
Note:
329A.994 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 329A 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 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.003 - "Merger" and "school district" defined for chapter.

For purposes of this chapter:
(1)(a) "Merger" includes any alteration, annexation, merger, consolidation, lengthening the course of study or other change under ORS 330.090 to 330.107, 334.710 to 334.770 and 335.490 to 335.505.
(b) "Merger" includes only those proceedings in which the entire territory of an involved school district is merged. The permanent rate limit for operating taxes for a school district after merger shall be the rate that would produce the same operating tax revenue as the school districts prior to merger would have cumulatively produced in the year of merger if the merger, not taking into account any applicable statutory rate limit, had not occurred.
(2) "School district" means a taxing district providing public elementary or secondary education, or any combination thereof, within this state, and specifically includes a component school district of an education service district that levies taxes for its component school districts and the education service district itself. "School district" does not include any other education service district. [1989 c.629 §1; 1993 c.18 §89; 1993 c.270 §67; 1993 c.784 §21; 1995 c.611 §1; 1997 c.541 §371; 2001 c.695 §36; 2003 c.226 §§10,11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.005 - Division of state into school districts; definitions for school laws.

(1) For public school purposes, this state is divided into subdivisions known as school districts.
(2) For purposes of the school laws of this state, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) "School district" includes a common school district, a joint school district and a union high school district.
(b) "Common school district" means a school district, other than a union high school district, formed primarily to provide education in all or part of kindergarten through grade 12 to pupils residing within the district.
(c) "Joint school district" means a common or union high school district with territory in more than one county.
(d) "Union high school district" means a school district, other than a common school district, that is responsible for education in high school grades but not in primary grades, formed in accordance with ORS 335.210 to 335.485 (1963 Replacement Part).
(e) "Governing body of the county" means the county court, the board of county commissioners or the unit of government designated by the county charter to exercise the power or duty prescribed in the section in which the term occurs.
(f) "Most populous district" means the school district that has the largest number of pupils in average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006. [1965 c.100 §71; 1971 c.513 §86; 1989 c.819 §1a; 1991 c.167 §5; 1991 c.586 §1; 2003 c.226 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.080 - Composition, purpose and duties of district boundary board.

(1) The governing body of a county shall constitute the district boundary board for laying off the county in convenient school districts.
(2) The district boundary board shall have jurisdiction over all school districts in the county and over all joint districts, the administrative offices of which are in the county.
(3) The district boundary board shall make alterations and changes in the school districts in the manner specified by law. The board shall maintain a record showing the boundaries and numbers of the districts in the county based on records in the office of the county assessor.
(4) The district boundary board shall submit to the Department of Education a record showing any changes in the boundaries of school districts over which the board has jurisdiction. The department shall make the information received under this subsection available to the public on the department’s website. [Formerly 329.710; 1965 c.100 §72; 1989 c.819 §2; 2011 c.391 §1; 2023 c.8 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.092 - Basis for boundary changes.

The boundaries of a school district may not be changed except:
(1) Pursuant to ORS 330.090 (1) or (3).
(2) By a vote of the people pursuant to the lengthening of the course of study under ORS chapter 335.
(3) By the mutual consent of the district school boards of the two or more affected districts in the manner prescribed in ORS 330.080 to 330.107.
(4) On a request for change or merger proposal submitted to the district boundary board by electors of the affected districts in the manner prescribed in ORS 330.080 to 330.107. [1989 c.819 §1; 1991 c.167 §8; 2003 c.226 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.095 - Request or petition for change or merger; content.

(1) Subject to ORS 332.118, the request or petition for proposed change or merger in school districts shall:
(a) Be directed to the district boundary board of the county or counties having jurisdiction over the affected school districts;
(b) Contain the names and numbers of districts affected by the change;
(c) Contain a concise statement of the type of change requested and, if only a portion of the school district is involved, contain a legal description thereof; and
(d) If a petition of electors from affected districts is involved, contain the signatures and residence addresses or mailing addresses of the petitioners and the names of the school districts in which they reside.
(2) If a merger is requested or petitioned, the request or petition shall also contain proposals for distribution of debt.
(3) When any proposed boundary change or merger affects school districts under the jurisdiction of different district boundary boards, the proposed change or merger shall first be acted upon by the district boundary board of the county in which lies the most populous district, and must be submitted to the district boundary board of the other affected county or counties.
(4) Any proposed merger may contain a recommendation that the new district retain the same name and number as the most populous school district in the merger or a recommendation for a new name for the district and a request that the number of members of the district school board be increased to seven members. [1963 c.282 §13(2); 1965 c.100 §74; 1967 c.328 §1; 1989 c.819 §4; 1991 c.167 §9; 1993 c.136 §2; 1999 c.21 §63; 2005 c.209 §16; 2011 c.313 §8]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.103 - Effective date of change or merger; administration and operation until end of fiscal year; rights of electors.

(1) When a school district boundary change or merger becomes final according to ORS 308.225 (2)(a) and the change or merger:
(a) Occurs on or after July 1 and prior to March 31, the change or merger shall take effect May 31 following the declaration or election.
(b) Occurs between March 31 and June 30, inclusive, the change or merger shall take effect May 31 of the following year.
(2) Districts subject to the boundary changes or mergers under this section shall, for the purposes of administration and operation, continue to operate separately until the end of the fiscal year in which the boundary changes or mergers are effective. No additional audit shall be necessary.
(3) Notwithstanding the effective dates specified in subsection (1) of this section, electors shall be entitled to vote in any school elections affecting the school district in which they will reside when the boundary change or merger takes effect, including voting on candidates to serve on the district school board and on taxes to be levied after the effective date of the boundary change or merger if the electors are eligible to vote in the district in which the electors reside prior to the change or merger. Notwithstanding ORS 332.018, such electors shall be eligible to be candidates for the district school board, to serve thereon and to serve on the budget committee if the electors are eligible to be candidates or budget committee members in the district in which the electors reside prior to the change or merger. [1967 s.s. c.8 §2; 1973 c.501 §3; 1989 c.819 §8; 1991 c.167 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.106 - Action by board pending effective date of change.

During the period following the declaration or last election under ORS 330.101 and prior to the date when the boundary change or merger takes effect, the district school board of the most populous district, as defined in ORS 330.005, or the district school board of a district to which territory has been annexed may take such action as is essential in order that the district may carry out its required functions when the boundary change takes effect, including the preparation and adoption of a budget for the district and the reference of questions relating to the budget to the electors of the district. Expenditures of the board under this section shall be charged to each affected school district in the manner provided in ORS 330.123. [1967 s.s. c.8 §3; 1991 c.167 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.107 - Time for boundary board action; extension.

The district boundary board shall complete all action on a request or petition for boundary change or a merger required under ORS 330.101 within 100 days of the date of receipt of the request or petition if the boundary change or merger requested or petitioned lies totally within the jurisdiction of that board. If the boundary change or merger requested or petitioned requires ratification of an adjacent boundary board as in ORS 330.095 (3), an additional 60 days may be utilized for action of the second boundary board. However, upon request of the district boundary board and a showing of special circumstances which require additional time, the State Board of Education may grant a reasonable extension of time for completion of the required action. [1965 c.621 §2; 1979 c.256 §2; 1983 c.83 §49; 1989 c.819 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.113 - Effect of change.

(1) When two or more school districts are merged as provided by law, the affected districts shall be considered merged into the most populous district and:
(a) Unless the district school boards or the petitioners requesting the merger recommend that the enlarged school district retain the same name and number which was previously assigned to the most populous district included in the merger, the district boundary board shall give the enlarged district the new name recommended under ORS 330.095, and the county assessor shall assign a new number that has not previously been used. However, if the boundaries of the enlarged school district are the same as the boundaries of the county, the official name of the enlarged school district shall be ______ (name of county) County School District.
(b) The school districts included in the merger shall become identified with the newly named district or the most populous district.
(c) The employees of the component districts shall be considered to be employees of the enlarged district, which shall succeed the other districts in such merger as a party to their respective contracts of employment.
(d) No school district employee shall be deprived of seniority or accumulated sick leave solely because the duties of the employee have been assumed or acquired by another school district as a result of a merger or boundary change.
(2) The board of directors of the most populous district shall constitute the board of directors of the enlarged district and the terms of all other directors of component districts shall expire on the effective date of the merger except that the number of directors may be increased to seven members.
(3) All real and personal property belonging to the districts within the enlarged district shall become the property of the enlarged district.
(4) When a petition or request for a merger of school districts contains proposals for distribution of debt as provided in ORS 330.095 and the district boundary board in the manner provided in ORS 330.101 declares such merger effective, the district school board of the enlarged district is authorized to levy taxes in conformity with such proposals.
(5) Notwithstanding ORS 328.555, school districts requesting a boundary change in response to chapter 393, Oregon Laws 1991, shall, as part of the boundary change request under ORS 330.092, provide for the distribution of existing debt, if any. [Formerly 330.300; 1973 c.522 §1; 1989 c.819 §10; 1991 c.167 §13; 1993 c.329 §3; 1999 c.21 §64; 2011 c.313 §9]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.133 - Effect of boundary change on electors.

During the period following an election or other action resulting in a boundary change in a school district and prior to the date the change becomes effective, the district or districts from which an area will be separated as a result of the boundary change may hold elections for all legal purposes but the electors registered in the area to be separated as a result of the boundary change shall not be qualified to vote in any such election. The election on any measure in such district or districts shall not affect or encumber the area to be separated. [Formerly 331.060 and then 332.142]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.400 - Notice by publication requirements.

Whenever notice by publication of any hearing is expressly required by reference to this section, it shall be given in a newspaper published in the county and of general circulation in the county or district in which the hearing is to be held. The notice shall be published in at least two issues of the newspaper. The first publication shall be not sooner than the 25th day or later than the 15th day preceding the hearing and the last publication shall be not sooner than the 14th day or later than the eighth day preceding the hearing. [Formerly 330.635]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.635

[1957 c.619 §41; 1965 c.100 §93; 1983 c.284 §9; 1983 c.350 §147; 1991 c.167 §16; renumbered 330.400 in 1991]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 330 - Boundary Changes; Mergers › Section 330.665

[Formerly 330.533; 1967 c.315 §1; 1973 c.448 §2; 1977 c.57 §1; 1983 c.350 §148; 1987 c.7 §1; 1991 c.167 §17; renumbered 330.425 in 1991]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 331 - (Former Provisions) › Section 331.090

[Formerly 331.330; 1967 c.95 §1; 1969 c.133 §1; 1969 c.202 §4; 1973 c.796 §35; 1975 c.770 §11; 1977 c.829 §22; 1981 c.173 §48; 1983 c.83 §61; 1983 c.284 §3; renumbered 333.124]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 331 - (Former Provisions) › Section 331.120

[Amended by 1957 c.608 §230; 1965 c.100 §118; 1967 c.605 §7; 1971 c.749 §81; 1973 c.796 §37; 1977 c.149 §2; 1983 c.350 §165; renumbered 332.138]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.002 - Definitions for chapter.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "District school board" means the board of directors of a common school district or a union high school district.
(2) "School district" means a common or union high school district. [1965 c.100 §126; 1983 c.350 §167]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.005 - Directors as district school board; oath.

(1) The directors of a school district in their official capacity shall be known as the district school board.
(2) Directors must qualify by taking an oath of office before assuming the duties of office. [1965 c.100 §127; 1983 c.350 §168; 1983 c.379 §5]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.011 - Number of directors of districts under 300,000.

Except as otherwise provided for former administrative school districts or under ORS 335.490 or when specified by school district merger proceedings, the board of directors of a school district with a population of less than 300,000, according to the latest federal census, shall consist of five or seven members. [1965 c.100 §129 (enacted in lieu of 332.010); 1965 c.243 §1; 1967 c.605 §14; 1971 c.47 §1; 1975 c.770 §13a; 1991 c.167 §20; 1993 c.45 §36; 1993 c.329 §4; 1997 c.521 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.012 - Method for increasing number of board members.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, a district school board may increase the number of board members from five members to seven members on its own motion, or the district school board:
(a) May submit the question to the electors of the school district; or
(b) Shall submit the question to the electors of the school district when a petition is filed as provided in this section.
(2) Subject to ORS 332.118, a petition filed under this section shall be prepared, circulated and filed as provided for an initiative petition in ORS 255.135 to 255.205. [1997 c.521 §18; 2019 c.449 §29]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.015 - Number of directors of districts of 300,000 or more.

The board of directors of a school district with a population of 300,000 or more, according to the latest federal census, shall consist of seven members. [1965 c.100 §131 (enacted in lieu of 332.077); 1967 c.605 §15; 1973 c.796 §41; 1975 c.770 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.016 - Employees ineligible to serve as directors; exception.

(1) A person who is an employee of a school district may not serve as a member of the district school board for the district by which the employee is employed.
(2) A person who is an employee of a public charter school may not serve as a member of the district school board of the district in which the public charter school that employs the person is located.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) or (2) of this section, a person who is an employee of a school district or a public charter school may serve as a member of the district school board for the district by which the employee is employed or the district in which the public charter school that employs the person is located if:
(a) The person is employed by the district or public charter school as a substitute school bus driver; and
(b) The district has an average daily membership (ADM), as defined in ORS 327.006, of 50 or less.
(4) A district school board member who was eligible to serve on a district school board under subsection (3) of this section at the beginning of the member’s term of office may continue to serve on the board for the remainder of the member’s term of office regardless of any change to the ADM of the district. [Formerly 331.085; 2001 c.810 §1; 2005 c.93 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.018 - Term of office; qualifications; stipend and expenses.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) The term of office of director is four years.
(2) A person is not eligible to serve as director unless the person is an elector of the district and has resided in the district for the period of one year immediately preceding the election or appointment.
(3)(a) A district school board may choose to provide each director who is a voting member of the board with a stipend in an amount determined by the board, not to exceed $500 per month, as adjusted based on changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, West Region (All Items), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor.
(b) If the district school board provides a stipend, the board:
(A) Must allow individual directors to choose to not receive the stipend; and
(B) May provide, in addition to the stipend, reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred or paid by the director in the performance of the duties of the director.
(c) If the district school board does not provide a stipend, the board must provide reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred or paid by the director in the performance of the duties of the director.
(d) A stipend provided to a director constitutes part of the director’s official compensation package for purposes of ORS 244.040, but a director who receives a stipend is not considered an employee of the school district. [1975 c.770 §13; 1983 c.350 §168a; 1983 c.379 §6; 2019 c.449 §30; 2023 c.321 §1]
Note:
Section 2, chapter 321, Oregon Laws 2023, provides:
Sec. 2.
Notwithstanding ORS 332.018 (3)(a), as amended by section 1 of this 2023 Act, the first adjustment of the stipend amount may not occur until July 1, 2024. [2023 c.321 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.040 - Officers; term.

No later than at the next regular meeting following July 1, the district school board shall meet and organize by electing a chairperson and a vice chairperson from its members. No member shall serve as chairperson for more than four years in succession. [Amended by 1957 c.634 §2; 1961 c.281 §3; 1965 c.100 §134; 1993 c.45 §38; 2001 c.226 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.045 - Board meetings.

The district school board must provide for the time and place of its regular meetings, at any of which it may adjourn to the next succeeding regular meeting or to some specified time prior thereto. Regular and special meetings may be convened upon notice in the manner required by ORS 192.640 by order of the chairperson, upon the request of three members of the board at least 24 hours before such meeting is to be held or by common consent of the board members. [Formerly 332.410; 1965 c.100 §135; 1975 c.770 §19]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.055 - Quorum; transaction of business.

A majority of the members of the district school board shall constitute a quorum. A less number may meet and adjourn from time to time and compel the presence of absent members. The affirmative vote of the majority of members of the board is required to transact any business. [Formerly 332.420; 1965 c.100 §136; 1973 c.725 §1; 1975 c.770 §20]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.057 - Duties to be performed at meetings on record.

Any duty imposed upon the district school board as a body must be performed at a regular or special meeting and must be made a matter of record. [Formerly 332.060 and then 332.108; 1993 c.45 §39]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.061 - Hearing to expel minor students or to examine confidential records; exceptions to public meetings law.

Notwithstanding ORS 192.610 to 192.705 governing public meetings:
(1) Any hearing held by a district school board or its hearings officer on any of the following matters shall be conducted in executive session of the board or privately by the hearings officer unless the student or the student’s parent or guardian requests a public hearing:
(a) Expulsion of a minor student from a public elementary or secondary school.
(b) Matters pertaining to or examination of the confidential records of a student.
(2) If an executive session is held by a district school board or a private hearing is held by its hearings officer under this section, the following shall not be made public:
(a) The name of the minor student.
(b) The issue, including a student’s confidential records.
(c) The discussion.
(d) The school board member’s vote on the issue.
(3) The school board members may vote in an executive session conducted pursuant to this section. [1975 c.276 §1; 1987 c.841 §1; 2019 c.196 §1]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.072 - Legal status of school districts.

All school districts are bodies corporate, and the district school board is authorized to transact all business coming within the jurisdiction of the district and to sue and be sued. Pursuant to law, district school boards have control of the district schools and are responsible for educating children residing in the district. [1965 c.100 §139]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.105 - General duties of board.

(1) The general duties of district school boards are:
(a) To cause to be used in the district state blanks, registers and other forms, whenever supplied and required by the state.
(b) To perform such other duties as the wants of the district may from time to time demand.
(2) The district school board may participate in the activities of and may become members of associations of school boards. When provided for in an approved school district budget, the board may pay from school district funds annual dues to such association. [Formerly 332.050; 1965 c.100 §141; 1967 c.326 §1; 1969 c.541 §2]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.111 - Auxiliary services.

A district school board in a school district may enter into agreements to provide auxiliary services and facilities to students, including but not limited to forms of residential care and medical and dental services. Any facility used for residential purposes under this section must meet the applicable standards of the Oregon Health Authority and the State Fire Marshal. [1967 c.200 §2; 1969 c.218 §1; 1993 c.45 §43; 2009 c.595 §207]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.112 - Prohibition related to wearing of Native American items of cultural significance.

(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Native American items of cultural significance" means items or objects that are traditionally associated with a Native American or that have religious or cultural significance to a Native American.
(b) "Public school event" means a graduation ceremony, an award ceremony, a public meeting or any other public event held or sponsored by a school district.
(c) "School district" includes a school district, a public charter school, an education service district and the Oregon School for the Deaf.
(2) A school district may not prohibit a student from wearing Native American items of cultural significance at a public school event.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents a school district from prohibiting an item or object that:
(a) Is likely to cause a substantial disruption of, or material interference with, a public school event; or
(b) Replaces a cap or gown customarily worn at a graduation ceremony. [2021 c.45 §1]
Note:
332.112 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.114 - Issuance of diplomas to veterans.

(1) A person who meets the requirements under subsection (3) of this section may request a school district to issue the person a high school diploma if the person resides within the boundaries of the school district or is a resident of this state and attended a high school of the school district.
(2) A representative of a deceased person who meets the requirements under subsection (3) of this section may request a school district to issue a high school diploma on behalf of the deceased person if the deceased person resided within the boundaries of the school district at the time of death or was a resident of this state at the time of death and attended a high school of the school district.
(3) Notwithstanding the requirements for a high school diploma established under ORS 329.451 and by the State Board of Education and school districts, a school district that receives a request under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall issue a high school diploma to a person if the person:
(a) Attended a high school before serving in the Armed Forces of the United States;
(b) Was discharged or released under honorable conditions from the Armed Forces of the United States; and
(c) Served in the Armed Forces of the United States as described in subsection (4) of this section.
(4) The provisions of subsection (3) of this section apply to a person who:
(a) Served in the Armed Forces of the United States at any time during:
(A) World War I;
(B) World War II;
(C) The Korean Conflict; or
(D) The Vietnam War;
(b) Served in the Armed Forces of the United States and was physically present in:
(A) Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada);
(B) Operation Just Cause (Panama);
(C) Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm (the Persian Gulf War);
(D) Operation Restore Hope (Somalia);
(E) Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan); or
(F) Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq); or
(c) Served in the Armed Forces of the United States in an area designated as a combat zone by the President of the United States. [2003 c.182 §1; 2005 c.515 §1; 2005 c.827 §2; 2007 c.858 §32; 2011 c.637 §112; 2017 c.66 §15; 2017 c.149 §2]
Note:
332.114 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.118 - Election laws applicable; duties of Secretary of State; requirements for petitioners.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) Unless specifically provided otherwise, ORS chapter 255 governs the following:
(a) The nomination and election of school directors.
(b) The conduct of all school district elections.
(2) ORS 249.865 to 249.877 govern the recall of school board members.
(3) The Secretary of State has supervising authority over all elections conducted by school districts and over elections conducted by a district boundary board.
(4) A petition for a proposed change or merger under ORS 330.095, a remonstrance petition under ORS 330.101, a petition for zoning under ORS 332.128 or a petition to lengthen the course of study under ORS 335.495 may not be circulated for signatures until the prospective petition has been filed with the county clerk. The prospective petition must designate the names and residence addresses of not more than three persons as chief petitioner. The authority of the Secretary of State and the application of the election laws commence when the prospective petition is filed with the county clerk. The filing of the prospective petition is to be treated like a prospective petition for an initiative, referendum or recall. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 330.080 to 330.113, ORS chapter 255 applies to the procedures applicable to petitions described in this subsection and the elections held on the petitions. [Formerly 331.002; 1993 c.136 §1; 2011 c.391 §2; 2013 c.1 §28; 2019 c.449 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.122 - Nomination of directors; qualifications.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, in common school districts and union high school districts the directors may be nominated in one of the following methods or a combination thereof:
(a) At large by position number by the electors of the district.
(b) By zone by electors of zones, if zoning is approved by the electors under ORS 332.128.
(2) A person shall be nominated as a candidate for director by filing a petition for nomination or a declaration of candidacy under ORS 255.235.
(3) If a candidate is nominated by petition, the petition:
(a) If the candidate is nominated from a zone, must be signed by the electors of the zone.
(b) If the candidate is nominated at large, must be signed by the electors of the district.
(4) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, a candidate for school director must be an elector registered in the district. If the district is zoned and the candidate seeks nomination from a zone, the candidate also must be a resident of that zone. [1983 c.284 §1; 1983 c.350 §161c; 1987 c.7 §3; 2019 c.449 §11]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.124 - Election at large unless zoned; plurality in zones; reelection from zones; procedure when no nominee to fill zone vacancy; duration of appointments.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, all candidates shall be elected at large in the district unless the district school board provides for election from zones under ORS 332.126.
(2) In a district in which directors are elected from zones:
(a) The candidate for the office of director in each zone who receives the plurality of the votes shall be elected.
(b) At the expiration of each director’s term of office, a successor shall be elected from the same zone.
(3) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, in the event that no person from the same zone is nominated under ORS 332.122 as a candidate for the vacant office of director by the school district election filing deadline or is elected as a write-in candidate at the subsequent school district election, or in the event that an office of director becomes vacant at midterm, the district school board shall fill the vacancy as follows:
(a) The board shall advertise the vacancy for a 20-day period in an attempt to find an eligible resident from the same zone to fill the vacancy. If one or more eligible residents declare interest in the vacant office, the school district board shall appoint one of the eligible residents to fill the vacant office until June 30 following the next regular school district election.
(b) If, after 20 days of advertising the vacancy, no eligible resident from the same zone declares interest in the vacant office, the school district board shall appoint one of the eligible residents from the district at large to fill the vacant office until June 30 following the next regular school district election.
(c) Offices filled in the manner described in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection shall become vacant on June 30 following the next regular school district election. Nomination of candidates for vacant offices shall occur as provided under ORS 332.122. [Formerly 331.090; 1993 c.150 §1; 2019 c.449 §12]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.126 - Election from zones.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) If a majority of the district school board of a zoned common school district or a zoned union high school district so decides, the board may provide that directors of the district school board who are nominated from zones also shall be elected from the zones from which they are nominated.
(2) At any time after a district school board decides that directors shall be elected by zone:
(a) The district school board may rescind the decision and provide that the directors who are nominated by zone shall be elected at large.
(b) Zones may be abolished pursuant to ORS 332.128. [1983 c.284 §3a; 1993 c.45 §44; 2019 c.449 §13]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.128 - Establishing zones for purpose of nominating directors.

(1) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, in common school districts and union high school districts, directors may be nominated from zones by resolution of the district school board or if the question of zoning is approved by the electors of the district at the regular district election as provided in this section.
(2) The district school board:
(a) May submit the question on its own resolution; or
(b) Shall submit the question when a petition is filed as provided in this section.
(3) The requirements for preparing, circulating and filing a petition under this section are subject to ORS 332.118 and shall be as provided for an initiative petition in ORS 255.135 to 255.205.
(4) If the proposal to create zones in a district includes a combination of nomination of candidates from and by zones and of nomination of candidates at large, the number of candidates to be nominated in each manner shall be specified in the petition or the order of the board.
(5) Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, a district that has been zoned under this section may abolish zones in the same manner as they were established. [Formerly 331.095; 1993 c.45 §45; 1993 c.136 §4; 1997 c.521 §15; 2019 c.449 §14]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.132 - Zoning process.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, if a common school district or union high school district is zoned, the school board of the district shall divide the district into the necessary number of zones as nearly equal in population, as shown by the latest federal census, as practicable, taking into account attendance areas where possible. The board shall readjust zone boundaries if necessary to comply with this section, upon any change in the boundaries of the district. [Formerly 331.097; 2019 c.449 §15]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.134 - Reelection after zoning.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424:
(1) A school board director shall be eligible for reelection in an election subsequent to zoning under ORS 332.128 only if the director resides in a zone which is not otherwise represented on the board.
(2) Any vacancy occurring on a school board before all zones are represented thereon shall be filled from among residents in an unrepresented zone, the zone to be determined by the board by lot. [Formerly 331.102; 2019 c.449 §16]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.136 - Election of directors by position numbers.

(1) Each position of school director shall be designated by number as Position No. 1, Position No. 2 and so on.
(2) At the first organizational meeting of the board following formation of the district, the chairperson of the board shall assign a position number to each office on the board. The chairperson shall certify the number assigned to the director holding that position and shall file one copy of the certification in the records of the district.
(3) This section applies to the following districts that are not zoned:
(a) Common school districts;
(b) Union high school districts; and
(c) Education service districts. [Formerly 331.105]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.138 - Election of directors; term.

Except as provided in ORS 255.400 to 255.424, at each regular district election described in ORS 255.335, school directors shall be elected for a term of four years to succeed the directors whose terms of office expire on June 30 of that year. All such elections of school directors shall be held as provided by ORS chapter 255. [Formerly 331.120; 1995 c.258 §3; 2019 c.449 §17]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.158 - Creation of school in another school district; written permission or written notice.

(1) A district school board may lease, purchase, construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, equip or furnish a school in another school district and may expend bond proceeds or other funds available to the board for such purposes if the board has the written permission of the district school board of the school district in which the school will be located. The written permission required by this subsection must be obtained prior to the first day on which students will attend classes in the school.
(2) If a district school board opens or operates a school in another school district and does not obtain the written permission required by subsection (1) of this section, the board of the school district in which the school has been opened or operated may file a complaint with the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Upon receipt of a complaint, the superintendent shall schedule a contested case hearing pursuant to ORS 183.413 to 183.470.
(3) Upon a determination that the written permission required by subsection (1) of this section was not obtained, the superintendent shall withhold State School Fund moneys otherwise allocated to the school district. The superintendent shall withhold moneys until the written permission is obtained or until some other date determined by the superintendent.
(4) The provisions of this section do not apply to a public charter school. [2001 c.169 §2; 2015 c.75 §1; 2023 c.163 §3]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.163 - Notices related to seismic risk category of school.

A school district or education service district:
(1) Must provide notification to the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries when the district:
(a) Constructs a new school building; or
(b) Modifies an existing school building in a manner that may affect the seismic risk category of a school; and
(2) May provide to the parents or legal guardians of the students of the district information about the seismic risk category of a school, as determined under an assessment process approved by the State Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. [2012 c.61 §4]
Note:
332.163 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.172 - Use of school buildings and grounds for civic and recreational purposes; fee; rules.

(1) The district school board may permit the use of school buildings and grounds for civic and recreational purposes, including use for:
(a) Supervised recreational activities;
(b) Meeting places for discussion of all subjects and questions which in the judgment of the residents may relate to the educational, political, economic, artistic and moral interests of the residents, giving equal rights and privileges to all religious denominations and political parties; and
(c) Such other proper purposes as may be determined by the board.
(2) The district school board may appoint a special supervising officer to have charge of the buildings and grounds, preserve order, protect school property and do all things necessary in the capacity of a peace officer to carry out the provisions of this section.
(3) The district school board may establish a schedule of fees and collect fees pursuant to the schedule for use of school buildings and grounds and other facilities, including but not limited to gymnasium equipment, swimming pools, athletic fields and tennis courts.
(4) Expenses for light, heat, janitor services and services of the special supervising officer provided in connection with use of buildings and grounds under this section which are not covered by the fees charged under subsection (3) of this section shall be paid out of the county or special school funds of the district in the same manner that other similar services are paid.
(5) The district school board shall make rules governing the use of school buildings and grounds under this section. [1965 c.100 §144; 1983 c.350 §170; 1993 c.45 §49; 1995 c.660 §48; 2011 c.313 §10]
2023 Oregon Revised Statutes › Volume : 09 - Education and Culture › Chapter 332 - Local Administration of Education › Section 332.176 - Large construction projects; safety improvements.

(1) As used in this section, "large construction project" means a construction project for which a school district must submit the question of bonded indebtedness to the electors of the school district and the total bonded indebtedness for the project is greater than $1 million.
(2) Prior to receiving approval from the electors of the school district for bonded indebtedness for a large construction project, a school district shall:
(a) Evaluate the need for safety improvements within one mile of an elementary school or 1.5 miles of a secondary school where the large construction project is to be completed. The safety improvements should provide safer alternative routes to schools and may include improvements for pedestrians, bicycles and motor vehicles.
(b) Evaluate the potential for joint funding of safety improvements with other public and private entities.
(c) Consider including the funding of safety improvements within the funding of the large construction project. The consideration of and the school district board’s decision on the funding for safety improvements as part of a large construction project shall be part of the public record relating to the project.
(3) After receiving approval from electors for bonded indebtedness for a large construction project, a school district may select a site for the large construction project that is different from the site proposed prior to the election if the school district makes an evaluation for safety improvements for the new site as described in subsection (2) of this section before issuing any bonds for the project. [2007 c.163 §1; 2009 c.125 §1]
Note:
332.176 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 332 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.