Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 10 - REORGANIZATION › Section 581-010-0200 - Minimum Standards and Definitions Pertaining to Objectives of Reorganization

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Definitions. The following definitions apply to the application of ORS
			 330.535 and
			 330.543 and this rule unless the
			 context indicates otherwise.
(a) "Adversely
			 Affect" means to cause any effect which diminishes educational opportunity for
			 students;
(b) "Affected District"
			 means a school district existing prior to reorganization which by the proposed
			 reorganization will be significantly impacted, directly, or indirectly, in any
			 one of the following areas:
(A) Utilization
			 of facilities;
(B)
			 Programs;
(C) Operational
			 costs;
(D) Revenues;
(E) Assessed valuation per student;
(F) Levying authority;
(G) Tax rates.
(c) "Assets" means all property, both real
			 and personal, owned by or accruing to a school district;
(d) "Average Operational Revenues Per
			 Student" means revenues available for Net Operating Expenditures as defined in
			 ORS 327.006 and computed according
			 to OAR 581-023-0041, divided by the district's Average Daily Membership as
			 defined in ORS 327.006;
(e) "Committee" means the education service
			 district board for the county in which the proposed school district is located.
			 In any county where there is no education service district, "committee" means
			 the governing body of the county. Where a proposed reorganization involves
			 territory in two or more counties, a request for preparation of a
			 reorganization plan shall initially be made to the committee for the county
			 having the greatest number of affected students;
(f) "Contemplated Reorganization" means a
			 reorganization plan:
(A) Which includes all or
			 a portion of the area affected by the proposed reorganization; and
(B) Which the Committee has decided to
			 develop, has underdevelopment, or has adopted but which has not yet been
			 approved by the voters.
(g) "Curricular program" means the following
			 instructional programs:
(A) Grades
			 Kindergarten-6 means art, health education, language arts, mathematics, music,
			 physical education, science and social studies;
(B) Grades 7-8 means Fine and/or applied
			 arts, health education, language arts, mathematics, physical education, science
			 and social studies;
(C) Grades 9-12
			 means career development, global studies, government, health education,
			 language arts, mathematics, personal finance and economics, physical education,
			 science, U.S. history, and applied arts, fine arts or foreign
			 language.
(h) "More
			 Effectively Coordinated Programs" means a determination by the Committee and
			 upon de novo review by the State Board of Education, that, considering the
			 standards set forth in section (2) of this rule, the overall coordination of
			 curricular and extracurricular programs within both the affected district(s)
			 and the proposed district will be more effective as a result of
			 reorganization;
(i) "More Efficient
			 and Economical Administration" means a determination by the Committee and upon
			 de novo review by the State Board of Education, that, considering the standards
			 set forth in section (2) of this rule, the overall cost of providing public
			 education to all students affected by the plan of reorganization will not
			 increase as a result of reorganization;
(j) "School Facilities" means real and
			 personal property, which shall include school buildings, administrative
			 offices, warehouses, garages, buses, computers, audiovisual equipment and other
			 property which may be owned or leased by the school district;
(k) "Significant Impact" means any impact
			 that would diminish a district's ability to provide students such physical
			 facilities, instructional materials, curricular programs and school personnel
			 as may be required by federal law, state law, and administrative rules adopted
			 by the State Board of Education;
(l) "Substantially Equal" means a standard
			 indicating similarity to the extent that no deviation shall be allowed which
			 would deprive any affected student of such physical facilities, instructional
			 materials, curricular programs and school personnel as are required in order
			 for a district to be deemed standard;
(m) "Superior" means a standard indicating
			 qualitative or quantitative improvement over the existing programs.