Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 27 - SCHOOL FACILITIES PROGRAMS › Section 581-027-0005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
The following definitions and abbreviations apply to rules
				within OAR Chapter 581, Division 27:
(1) "Acoustics" means the properties or
			 qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is
			 transmitted.
(2) "Adjusted Assessed
			 Property Value per ADM" means the value calculated per OAR 581-027-0010 to
			 determine the ranking of Districts on the Priority List for Funding.
(3) "Adjusted ADMr" means average daily
			 membership as calculated under OAR 581-023-0006(5)-(7) reduced by the Average
			 Daily Membership of virtual public charter schools in the District.
(4) "Adjusted ADMw" means the number of
			 students in a District as calculated under ORS
			 327.061 and includes all
			 weights, and extended Average Daily Membership weighted, as calculated under
			 ORS 327.013(1)(c)
			 reduced by the Average Daily Membership of virtual public charter schools in
			 the District.
(5) "ADM" means
			 Average Daily Membership.
(6)
			 "ADMr" or "Resident Average Daily Membership" means average daily membership as
			 calculated under OAR 581-023-0006(5)-(7).
(7) "Air Quality" means the degree to which
			 the classrooms are ventilated to avoid high levels of carbon dioxide and the
			 indoor air is free from pollutants such as radon, asbestos, mold, and
			 particulate matter.
(8) "Asbestos
			 Environmental Hazard Assessment" or "Asbestos Management Planning &
			 Inspections" means an inspection, periodic re-inspection, and surveillance for
			 asbestos-containing material in accordance with the Asbestos Hazard Emergency
			 Response Act of 1986 as amended by Public Law 100.368 and subsequent rule
			 published in the Friday, October 30, 1987, Federal Register ( 40 CFR Part
			 763).
(9) "Assessed Value" means
			 the total assessed value of all tangible property within the boundaries of the
			 District as published by the Oregon Department of Revenue.
(10) "Average Daily Membership" or "ADMw"
			 means the number of students in a District as calculated under ORS
			 327.061 and includes all
			 weights, and extended Average Daily Membership weighted, as calculated under
			 ORS 327.013(1)(c).
(11) "Campus" means the grounds and buildings
			 of a school where academic learning takes place.
(12) "Certified Assessor" means an entity or
			 person who has gone through the process established by the Department that will
			 certify the entity or person is qualified to perform the work.
(13) "Closing" means the date on which a
			 District receives some or all of the proceeds of its Local GO Bonds.
(14) "Department" means the Oregon Department
			 of Education.
(15) "District" or
			 "Districts" means school districts, as defined in ORS
			 328.001(3),
			 that are eligible to apply for a State Matching Grant.
(16) "DOGAMI" means the Oregon Department of
			 Geology and Mineral Industries.
(17) "Educational Adequacy Review Standards"
			 means the qualitative measures used to help districts identify elements that
			 are conducive to a healthy and comfortable indoor learning environment that are
			 set forth in OAR 581-027-0043.
(18)
			 "Education Service District" means a district created under ORS
			 334.010.
(19) "Extended ADMw" means as that term is
			 described in ORS 327.013(1)(c).
(20) "Facility Assessment" means an
			 assessment that evaluates one or more facilities in a District according to the
			 requirements set forth in OAR 581-027-0035.
(21) "First in Time" means that portion of
			 the Oregon School Capital Improvement Matching Account that is to be awarded to
			 Districts based on the order in which the Department receives the
			 applications.
(22) "Funding Cycle"
			 means the period of time, as determined by the Department under OAR
			 581-027-0020(3), before and after a May or a November general election during
			 which the Department will accept applications, issue commitments, award grants,
			 and finalize grant agreements for State Matching Grants under the OSCIM
			 Program.
(23) "Gross Square
			 Footage" means the total square footage of the building as measured by the
			 outside wall of the building.
(24)
			 "Guaranteed Tax Base Amount" or "GTBA" means a theoretical tax base of
			 $1,000,000 per ADM.
(25)
			 "Guaranteed Tax Rate Amount" means $1,000 which is the GTBA multiplied by 0.001
			 for $1 of tax per $1,000 of Assessed Value.
(26) "Lighting" means the level of
			 illumination in a room or building.
(27) "Local GO Bonds" means general
			 obligation bonds approved by voters for the benefit of a District during the
			 Funding Cycle for which the District applied for a State Matching
			 Grant.
(28) "Long-Range Facility
			 Plan" means a plan that determines the long-range needs and goals of a District
			 according to the requirements set forth in OAR 581-027-0040.
(29) "Oregon School Capital Improvement
			 Matching Account" means an interest-bearing account established in the State
			 Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, that consists of net
			 proceeds from Article XI-P bonds issued under Article XI-P (School District
			 Capital Costs) of the Oregon Constitution.
(30) "Oregon School Capital Improvement
			 Matching Program" or "OSCIM Program" means the program created by Article XI-P
			 of the Oregon Constitution and ORS 286A.769 to
			 286A.806.
(31) "Priority List" means the list created
			 by the Department each biennium pursuant to ORS
			 286A.801 and the formula
			 outlined in OAR 581-027-0010.
(32)
			 "Radon Environmental Hazard Assessment" means an assessment of a District's
			 radon exposure as one of the potential environmental hazards to be assessed as
			 set forth in ORS 332.331.
(33) "Rapid Visual Screening" means the
			 standard adopted by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries to
			 assess the seismic hazard potential of K-12 public school buildings.
(34) "School Capacity" means the total number
			 of students who could be served in a given school building based on one of the
			 following standards established by the district:
(a) The number of teaching stations, target
			 number of students per classroom, and a classroom utilization factor to reflect
			 the amount of time classrooms can be used for teaching each day; or
(b) The number of square feet in a classroom
			 divided by the number of classroom square feet required per student per grade
			 level.