Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 24 - STANDARDS FOR EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICTS › Section 581-024-0215 - Assignment of Standardization Classification

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The district's designation as standard,
			 conditionally standard or nonstandard is determined by the State Superintendent
			 of Public Instruction and is based on the district's compliance with the rules
			 set out in division 024 of chapter 581 of the Oregon Administrative Rules and
			 other applicable rules and statutes.
(2) The Superintendent will review a
			 district's compliance with standards as part of a comprehensive, regular review
			 of the district, or may review a district in response to a public complaint
			 alleging noncompliance with one or more of the standards, or upon the
			 Superintendent's own initiative at any time as may be necessary to ensure
			 compliance with the standards.
(3)
			 During a review, the district shall cooperate with the Superintendent and
			 provide any and all evidence the Superintendent considers necessary for the
			 review. If as a result of a review of the district by the Superintendent it is
			 determined that the district does not comply with one or more of the standards,
			 the Superintendent will notify the district of the initial determination of
			 noncompliance and give the district 15 days to respond.
(4) If after reviewing the district's
			 response, the Superintendent determines that the district is in compliance with
			 all standards, the Superintendent will within 15 days from the receipt of the
			 district's response designate the district as standard.
(5) If after reviewing the district's
			 response, the Superintendent determines that the district is not in compliance
			 with one or more standards, the Superintendent will within 15 days from the
			 receipt of the district's response designate the district as nonstandard and
			 require from the district a plan to correct all deficiencies. The district will
			 have 30 days to provide the Superintendent with the plan. The Superintendent
			 may accept, reject or modify the plan within 30 days from the receipt of the
			 district's plan and will order the district to comply with the plan as
			 approved. The district will have 180 days from the approval of the plan to
			 correct all identified deficiencies.
(6) If a plan is not submitted to the
			 Superintendent within 30 days, the Superintendent will designate the district
			 nonstandard.
(7) When a plan to
			 correct deficiencies is approved by the Superintendent, the district is
			 designated conditionally standard.
(8) When the district corrects all identified
			 deficiencies, the district is designated standard.
(9) If after 180 days from the approval of
			 the plan, the district has not corrected all identified deficiencies, the
			 Superintendent will designate the district nonstandard.
(10) The Superintendent may impose sanctions
			 on a nonstandard district, including requiring merger with a contiguous,
			 standard district, withholding state school fund allocations and the sanctions
			 described in ORS 342.173. The determination of
			 sanction is left to the discretion of the Superintendent.
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  334.217
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  334.125