Oregon Revised Statutes
The Fund for Student Success is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Fund for Student Success shall consist of moneys appropriated by the Legislative Assembly, moneys transferred to the fund under ORS 317A.155 and moneys received as provided in subsection (3) of this section. The Department of Education, on be…
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As used in ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731. “Aggregate days membership” means the sum of days present and absent, according to the rules of the State Board of Education, of all resident pupils when school is actually in session during a certain period. The aggregate days membership of kindergarten pupils shall be calculated o…
There is established a State School Fund in the General Fund. The Department of Education, on behalf of the State of Oregon, may solicit and accept gifts, grants, donations and other moneys from public and private sources for the State School Fund. Moneys received as provided in this paragraph shall be deposited into the State School Fund. The State School…
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For the purpose of State School Fund distributions for school districts: Local Revenues are the total of the following: The amount of revenue offset against local property taxes as determined by the Department of Revenue. The amount of property taxes actually received by the district, including penalties and interest on taxes. The amount of revenue recei…
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The State School Fund distributions for school districts include the following grants: General Purpose Grant = Funding Percentage ´ Target Grant ´ District extended ADMw. For the purpose of the calculation made under this subsection: The funding percentage shall be calculated by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to distribute as nearly as practicabl…
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The Department of Education shall prepare an annual report that: Identifies the total amounts that are: Allocated to each school district from the State School Fund for students eligible for and enrolled in an English language learner program as provided by ORS 327.013 (1)(c)(A)(ii); Expended from the amounts identified in subparagraph (A) of this paragra…
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As used in this section: “Education service district extended ADMw” means the sum of the extended ADMw of the school districts located within the territory of the education service district as computed under ORS 327.013. “Local revenues of an education service district” means the total of the following: The amount of revenue offset against local property …
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Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall distribute funds payable to education service districts from the State School Fund following the same percentages and dates specified for school districts under ORS 327.095. Pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education, the superintendent may …
The Pediatric Nursing Facility Account is established within the State School Fund. The account shall consist of any moneys transferred as provided by ORS 327.008 and any other state or federal moneys available for the payments of the costs of educational services provided to students admitted to pediatric nursing facilities, as defined in ORS 442.015. Mon…
In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall provide from state funds appropriated therefor, grants in aid or support for special and compensatory education programs including: The Oregon School for the Deaf. Medicaid match for administration efforts to secure Medicaid funds for services provided …
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The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule definitions and procedures to be applied to the computation of State School Fund allocations for students enrolled in the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program, as those terms are defined in ORS 326.695. The computations shall be equivalent to students enrolled in com…
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The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule definitions and procedures to be applied to the computation of the State School Fund allocations and Statewide Education Initiatives Account allocations to be used for approved recovery schools, as defined in ORS 336.680. When adopting rules, the board must collaborate with the advisory committee established b…
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As used in this section: “Active transportation” means the arrival to, or departure from, a school by students who: Reside less than three miles from school; and Use human-powered forms of travel, including walking or bicycling. “Active transportation costs” means costs incurred by a school district for facilitating the use of active transportation, incl…
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As used in this section, “alternative transportation,” “public transportation” and “suitable and sufficient” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 327.033. A school district is required to provide transportation for elementary school students who reside more than one mile from school and for secondary school students who reside more than 1.5 miles from…
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Numbers of students in average daily membership used in the distribution formula as specified in ORS 327.013 (1)(c), shall be projections of the average daily membership in the school district for the school year ending on June 30 of the distribution year. The Department of Education shall verify all projections used for purposes of the distribution formula.…
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For purposes of this section: The “adjusted average daily membership” or “ADMa” for an elementary school is the average daily membership for the school, but no less than 25. The “adjusted average daily membership” or “ADMa” for a high school is the average daily membership for the school, but no less than 60. A school may qualify as a remote small element…
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As used in this section, “post-graduate scholar” means a student who: Has been in grades 9 through 12 for more than a total of four school years; and Has satisfied the requirements for a high school diploma or a modified diploma as provided in ORS 329.451. A school district may establish a program under this section to allow: A post-graduate scholar who …
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Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, funds due school districts under ORS 327.008 and 327.013 shall be paid approximately 16-2/3 percent on July 15, approximately eight and one-third percent on the 15th day of each of the months of August, September, October, November, December, January, February, March and April and the balance on May 15.…
Where any territorial or organizational change in a school district has occurred between the date of the report and the apportionment, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make the payment on an equitable basis to the districts the territory or organization of which has been changed.
The Department of Education shall adjust the distribution to a school district to reflect the difference between the estimated level of local revenues to the district under ORS 327.011 and the projected level of those same local revenues used to calculate the State School Fund apportionment to the district. The adjustment shall be incorporated in the May 15 …
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Each fiscal year, the distribution to a school district under ORS 327.008 and 327.013 shall be adjusted to fully reflect the difference between the apportionment due to the district for the prior fiscal year under ORS 327.008 and 327.013, and the amounts actually distributed to the district in the prior fiscal year under ORS 327.008, 327.013 and 327.099. The…
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Upon receipt from a citizen of Oregon of a complaint that on its face is colorable that a school district or public charter school sponsors, financially supports or is actively involved with religious activity, the Superintendent of Public Instruction or the superintendent’s designated representative shall undertake promptly a preliminary investigation of th…
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The Superintendent of Public Instruction may correct, in a succeeding year, any errors in apportionment by the withholding of the amount of an overapportionment or by the payment of an underapportionment from funds to be apportioned.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall administer the provisions of ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731. The State Board of Education shall adopt all necessary rules not inconsistent with ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 327.348, 327.356 to 327.359 and 327.731 to carry into effect the provisions of those statutes.
As used in this section: “Small ADM school district” means a school district that has an average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006, of less than 1,650. “State-funded grant” means a grant awarded by the Department of Education from funds appropriated or allocated by the Legislative Assembly to the department for the purpose of awarding grants to s…
The Department of Education shall disburse and expend moneys in a manner that is consistent with the intended purposes for which the moneys were appropriated or allocated to the department. If moneys are appropriated or allocated to the department and provisions for the intended disbursement or expenditure of the moneys are not provided in statute, in agree…
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Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection, each school district, other than an education service district, shall file with the Superintendent of Public Instruction: By July 15 of each year, an annual report covering the school year ending on the preceding June 30; and By January 15, of each year, a December quarterly report covering the quarte…
The Department of Education shall collect the same information that the department uses to administer ORS 327.013 (1)(b)(B) for all individuals who are employed by a school district or by an education service district. Upon receipt of a request to collect the information described in subsection (1) of this section, the school district or education service d…
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Every common or union high school district or education service district shall file a copy of its audit report with the Department of Education within six months of the end of the fiscal year for which the audit is required. The audit report shall include: Information necessary for the computation required in the administration of ORS 327.006 to 327.173, 32…
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When a union high school district becomes a common school district, as described in ORS 335.505, the common school district shall be entitled to an increased allocation, based on the total average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006, of the new common school district as follows: An additional 15 percent in the first year of operation as a common sch…
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If a school district responsible for education in kindergarten through grade 12, that does not operate a high school, merges with a district providing education in kindergarten through grade 12, the district providing the education shall be entitled to an increased allocation, based on the average daily membership of the former district, as follows: An addi…
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Subject to the limits of funds appropriated for the implementation of ORS 327.147 and 327.152, a school district shall not be apportioned less for its average daily membership for any year subsequent to the 1989-1990 fiscal year than was estimated for the 1989-1990 fiscal year. If the funds appropriated for the implementation of ORS 327.147 and 327.152 are …
All school districts are presumed to maintain a standard school district until the school district has been found to be deficient by the Superintendent of Public Instruction, pursuant to standards and rules of the State Board of Education. If any deficiencies are not corrected before the beginning of the school year next following the date of the finding of…
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Any school district that does not offer education programs in kindergarten through grade 12 shall be considered nonstandard under ORS 327.158. A school district may satisfy the requirements of this section by offering half-day kindergarten or full-day kindergarten. Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a school district is not considered to be non…
The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule requirements for the process that a school district must use when the district receives a complaint pertaining to whether a school in the district is a standard school as defined in ORS 327.006. The rules adopted by the board shall require school districts to establish and implement a process for the prompt r…
As used in ORS 327.164 to 327.173: “Disaggregated” means separated based on student group. “Eighth-grade mathematics proficiency rate” means the percentage of students in the eighth grade who are determined to be proficient or above in mathematics, as determined under rules adopted by the State Board of Education. “Five-year completion rate” means the per…
Each school district that receives moneys from the State School Fund shall measure outcomes of the students of the school district as provided by this section. The State Board of Education shall develop statewide targets for the following metrics: On-time graduation rate; Five-year completion rate; Ninth-grade on-track rate; Eighth-grade mathematics pro…
Each year, each school district that receives moneys from the State School Fund shall review the school district’s progress toward meeting the performance growth targets developed as provided by ORS 327.165. Results of the school district’s review of progress made toward meeting performance growth targets must be: Made available at the main office of the s…
The Department of Education shall establish an intensive coaching program for school districts that do not meet performance growth targets for three or more years, as described in ORS 327.167. A school district that participates in the intensive coaching program shall: Commit to regular student success plan meetings to monitor practices; Use data to track…
The Student Success Teams Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Student Success Teams Account shall consist of: Moneys transferred to the account from the Statewide Education Initiatives Account; Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the Student Success Teams Account by the Legislative Ass…
The Department of Education shall make a report to the committees of the Legislative Assembly related to education no later than February 1 of each year regarding the implementation of ORS 327.175 to 327.208. The report must include an annual performance review of each eligible applicant, as defined in ORS 327.185. The report must: Identify whether the elig…
Based on factors identified by the State Board of Education by rule, the Department of Education may initiate a financial audit or a performance audit of a school district or an education service district. Prior to initiating an audit, the Department of Education shall: Give notice to the school district or the education service district of the department’…
The Student Investment Account is established within the Fund for Student Success. The Student Investment Account shall consist of: Moneys transferred to the account from the Fund for Student Success; Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the account by the Legislative Assembly; Amounts donated to the account; and Other amounts deposited into …
In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award grants from the Student Investment Account. Grants shall be distributed as provided under ORS 327.195. The purposes of grants distributed under ORS 327.195 shall be to: Meet students’ mental or behavioral health needs; and Increase academic achie…
As used in this section, “eligible applicant” means any of the following entities: Common school districts and union high school districts. The Youth Corrections Education Program or the Juvenile Detention Education Program. Public charter schools that are not virtual public charter schools, as defined in ORS 338.005, and that have a student population of…
The Department of Education shall review all applications for grants from the Student Investment Account that comply with the requirements prescribed by ORS 327.185. If an application complies with the requirements of ORS 327.185, the department shall: If the grant applicant has developed performance growth targets as provided by ORS 327.165, confirm the a…
Except as provided by paragraph (d) of this subsection, the amount of a grant awarded from the Student Investment Account = the grant recipient’s ADMw ´ (the total amount available for distribution as grants in each biennium ¸ the total ADMw of all grant recipients). For purposes of this subsection and except as provided by paragraph (c) of this subsection,…
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Each year, each recipient of a grant from the Student Investment Account shall conduct a financial audit of the use of grant moneys that is prepared in accordance with the Municipal Audit Law. Results of the financial audit must be: Made available at the main office of the grant recipient and on the grant recipient’s website. Presented to the governing bo…
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The Department of Education shall make available technical assistance to eligible applicants, as defined in ORS 327.185, and to recipients of a grant from the Student Investment Account. The technical assistance shall include the provision of assistance with: Strategic planning for the use of grant moneys; Developing an application for a grant from the Stu…
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The Statewide Education Initiatives Account is established within the Fund for Student Success. The Statewide Education Initiatives Account shall consist of: Moneys transferred to the account from the Fund for Student Success; Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the account by the Legislative Assembly; Amounts donated to the account; and Oth…
The Department of Education shall use moneys in the Statewide Education Initiatives Account to provide funding for statewide education initiatives, including: Funding the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act at the levels prescribed by ORS 327.856; Expanding school breakfast and lunch programs; Operating youth reengagement programs …
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The Early Learning Account is established within the Fund for Student Success. The Early Learning Account shall consist of: Moneys transferred from the Fund for Student Success under ORS 327.001; Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the account by the Legislative Assembly; Amounts donated to the account; and Other amounts deposited into the a…
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The Department of Education shall use moneys in the Early Learning Account: To provide funding for early childhood special education or early intervention services, as provided by ORS 343.475; and For transfer to the Department of Early Learning and Care to provide funding for programs described in this section. The Department of Early Learning and Care s…
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The Juvenile Justice Education Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Juvenile Justice Education Fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys in the Juvenile Justice Education Fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for distribution to the Youth Corrections Educa…
Each even-numbered year, the Department of Education shall prepare a target funding level for the Juvenile Justice Education Fund for the following biennium. Moneys in the Juvenile Justice Education Fund shall be distributed as provided by ORS 326.695 to the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program, as those terms are …
The Legislative Assembly finds that: The state has an interest in ensuring that public resources for primary and secondary schools are used to achieve the outcomes established under the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century in ORS chapter 329. To achieve that purpose, the School Improvement Fund is established so the state may support activities dire…
There is established the School Improvement Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the School Improvement Fund shall be credited to the fund. The moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for purposes of the grant program created by ORS 327.297. Each fiscal year, the department shall dist…
In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award grants to school districts, education service districts, the Youth Corrections Education Program and the Juvenile Detention Education Program for activities that relate to increases in student achievement, including: Early childhood support includi…
The Department of Education shall make grants to improve student achievement in schools that: Are considered high poverty under Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; The department had not identified prior to January 1, 2014, as focus or priority schools pursuant to a flexibility waiver submitted to the United States Depart…
As used in ORS 327.300 to 327.320: “Construction” includes land acquisition, planning, design, construction, remodeling, altering, furnishing and equipping public school facilities. “Maintenance” includes repairing, replacement and other capital maintenance but does not include cleaning. “Public school facility” includes facilities used for classroom inst…
The Legislative Assembly finds that: The construction and maintenance of public school facilities accomplish the purpose of creating jobs and furthering economic development in Oregon by, among other advantages: Furnishing an important element of the public school system that provides the basic framework for continuing and expanding economic activity in th…
There is hereby created the School Facility Improvement Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The fund shall be an investment fund for purposes of ORS 293.701 to 293.857. Moneys in the fund are appropriated continuously for the purpose of carrying out ORS 327.330. Interest earned by the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Subject to the rules of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make grants to school districts that apply therefor for the purpose of construction and maintenance of public school facilities. Grants shall not exceed $500,000 in any biennium to any school district. In addition, a combination of districts may submit a joi…
In addition to moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award grants to school districts as provided by subsections (5) and (6) of this section for up to 50 percent of student transportation costs described in subsection (2) of this section. A school district may receive a grant under this section only for student …
The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of this state to provide substantial equity in opportunity among school districts in which electors support local option taxes for primary and secondary education. This policy will be accomplished by providing grant supplements to those districts that enact local option taxes and that have lower propert…
As used in this section: “Extended ADMw” means the district extended weighted average daily membership computed under ORS 327.013 (1)(c). “Local option tax rate” means the amount of local option taxes imposed by the school district for the current fiscal year, after compression under ORS 310.150 and after subtraction of the amount of school district local …
The Local Option Equalization Grants Account is created in the General Fund. From the biennial legislative appropriation to the Local Option Equalization Grants Account to fund the local option equalization grant program described in ORS 327.336, amounts necessary to make the grant payments are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for th…
In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall make grants to improve student achievement in schools that: Are considered high poverty under Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; The department has identified as having a significant achievement gap between historical…
The Department of Education shall establish and administer the Summer Learning Grant program. Under the grant program, the department shall award grants for summer learning programs that are provided to incoming kindergarten students through outgoing grade 12 students. A summer learning program is eligible for a grant if the program focuses on improving a …
The Summer Learning Grant Program Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Summer Learning Grant Program Fund shall consist of: Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the fund by the Legislative Assembly; and Other amounts deposited in the fund from any source. Moneys in the Summer Learning Gran…
The Statewide English Language Learner Program Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the Statewide English Language Learner Program Account shall be credited to the General Fund. Moneys in the Statewide English Language Learner Program Account are continuously appropriated to the Depart…
As used in this section, “ELL student” means a student who is eligible for and enrolled in an English language learner program under ORS 336.079. In addition to distributing moneys through the State School Fund, the Department of Education may award grants to school districts for the costs of training English language learner teachers. The grants shall be …
There is established within the State School Fund a High Cost Disabilities Account. Each fiscal year, the Department of Education shall distribute moneys from the account to school districts as high cost disabilities grants. A school district may receive moneys from the account if the school district has a resident pupil with a disability for whom the appro…
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As used in this section and ORS 327.358: “Small high school” means a public school that is operated by a small school district and that has students in: Grades 9 through 12, with an ADM of less than 350 in grades 9 through 12; or Grades 10 through 12 only, with an ADM of less than 267. “Small high school” does not include an alternative education program…
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In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education shall award grants to small school districts with one or more small high schools from moneys appropriated to the department from the Small School District Supplement Fund. The amount of each grant = the small high school’s ADM ´ (the total amount available for…
There is established the Small School District Supplement Fund, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The moneys in the Small School District Supplement Fund are appropriated continuously to the Department of Education for purposes of the grant program created by ORS 327.358. Note: See note under 327.356.
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As used in this section: “ADMw” means weighted average daily membership, as calculated under ORS 327.013. “Eligible public charter school” means a public charter school that is not a virtual public charter school, as defined in ORS 338.005, and that has a student population of which at least 65 percent of the total student population is composed of student…
As used in this section, “public school facility” means a building or premanufactured structure used by a school district or public charter school to provide educational services to children. In addition to those moneys distributed through the State School Fund, the Department of Education may award grants to school districts and public charter schools to p…
As used in this section, “eligible recipient” means: A school district; The Youth Corrections Education Program; The Juvenile Detention Education Program; The Oregon School for the Deaf; or The school district or education service district that is providing the educational services for an eligible day treatment program or an eligible residential treatme…
Activities related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and activities related to career and technical education that can lead to high wage and high demand jobs shall be funded as provided by this section. The Department of Education shall distribute moneys available to the department for the purpose of this section as follows: For…
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The STEM Investment Grant Program is established to provide funding to school districts, education service districts, community colleges and public universities listed in ORS 352.002 to advance the goals described in ORS 326.500 (2). The STEM Investment Council shall evaluate grant applications and make recommendations on the applications to the Superintend…
The STEM Investment Grant Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Interest earned by the STEM Investment Grant Account shall be credited to the account. Moneys in the account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the STEM Investment Grant Program established by ORS 327.380. Note: …
The Oregon State University Extension Service shall assist school districts and education service districts in providing outdoor school programs. The Oregon State University Extension Service shall provide assistance by administering a grant program, providing program leadership and providing program maintenance. Grants shall be awarded for outdoor school p…
As used in ORS 327.405 to 327.480, unless the context requires otherwise, “administrative office for the county” means the administrative office of the education service district or of any common school district that includes an entire county.
The Common School Fund is composed of: The proceeds from the sales of the 16th and 36th sections of every township or of any lands selected in lieu thereof; All the moneys and clear proceeds of all property that may accrue to the state by escheat or forfeiture; The proceeds of all gifts, devises and bequests made by any person to the state for common scho…
The Department of State Lands shall transfer the balance of the Distributable Income Account of the Common School Fund established under ORS 273.105, after deductions authorized by law, to the Superintendent of Public Instruction semiannually, or more frequently if the State Land Board so orders. The superintendent shall immediately apportion the amount tran…
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The basis of all apportionments of the Common School Fund shall be the reports of the resident average daily membership for the preceding fiscal year as reported by the school district to the Department of Education. In the case of a joint school district, the resident average daily membership reported to the department shall be prorated between the countie…
The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall prorate the annual estimate of census as provided in ORS 327.410 and 327.420 in proportion as the resident average daily membership of each education service district bears to the total resident average daily membership of the state and certify such to the administrative officer of each education service distric…
All moneys belonging to the Common School Fund and not required to meet current expenses shall be loaned by the Department of State Lands at a rate of interest fixed by the department. The department may consult with and obtain the recommendation of the Oregon Investment Council in fixing the interest rate. Common School Fund moneys may be loaned in accorda…
The principal and interest of all loans shall be paid in lawful money of the United States. Loans shall be secured by note specifying the fund from which the loan is made and mortgage to the Department of State Lands on improved land within this state, or upon range or grazing land therein. Except as provided in ORS 273.815, the security for a secured loan …
The Department of State Lands shall adopt methods, rules and regulations for ascertaining the value of and state of the title of any lands proposed as security for any loan under the provisions of ORS 327.425 and 327.430. All expenses of ascertaining title shall be borne by the applicant. The department may establish fees to be paid by the applicant for the …
Secured loans authorized by ORS 327.430 shall be repaid in semiannual, quarterly or monthly installments, as may mutually be agreed upon between the borrower and the Department of State Lands, and the installments shall aggregate each year an amount equal to one year’s interest on the original principal of the loan plus an additional two percent of the origi…
The Department of State Lands shall have custody of all notes, bonds and other securities covering secured loans made by it from any fund. The department shall take proper measures for the prompt collection of interest due on all loans from any such fund and place it to the credit of the fund from which the loan was made, to be paid out as provided by law.
The Department of State Lands shall foreclose all mortgages taken to evidence loans from the Common School Fund or other funds whenever more than one year’s interest on the loan is due and unpaid or whenever any mortgage becomes inadequate security for the money loaned. The department may foreclose its mortgage in the event of waste or any other impairment o…
The Director of the Department of State Lands shall keep a correct record of all purchases on foreclosures under ORS 327.450 with a description of the lands so purchased or acquired, and a statement of the fund to which they belong. Such lands shall be placed in the hands of the director and sold or leased under the direction of the department on the best te…
Whenever the Department of State Lands receives a deed to the State of Oregon of lands covered by a mortgage given to secure a loan from the Common School Fund in liquidation of the debt represented by the loan, the department shall send a written notice of the transaction to the county court of the county in which such deeded lands are situated. Upon the re…
Excepting tax liens of irrigation or drainage districts organized before the effective date of the Department of State Lands’ lien, whenever the State of Oregon acquires property or lands through foreclosure of a mortgage given to secure a loan from the Common School Fund and the state has received the sheriff’s deed made as a result of such foreclosure proc…
Whenever the Department of State Lands receives a deed as described in ORS 327.465, the county court of the county in which the lands are situated may, within one year from the recorded date of such deed, acquire from the state the property so conveyed by paying to the state the total amount of the state’s investment in the property.
Where the judgment in a suit instituted by the State of Oregon to cancel and set aside any deed of lands from the State of Oregon alleged to have been procured by fraud and in violation of law grants relief to the State of Oregon which is conditioned on the payment of money, the Department of State Lands may pay from the Common School Fund the sum necessary …
Out of the moneys in the General Fund, there is continuously appropriated such sums as are necessary but not to exceed $100,000 in total to reimburse the Common School Fund for any amount that may result from the failure of loans to earn at least four percent interest. The computation required to determine the interest earned on the loans shall be made annua…
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Moneys may be withdrawn annually on July 1 from the General Fund by order of the Department of State Lands to be credited to the Common School Fund to pay to the Common School Fund any amount resulting from the failure of the total student loans to earn at least four percent interest in the preceding fiscal year. EDUCATION CASH ACCOUNT
The Education Cash Account of the General Fund consists of all moneys made available to the Department of Education by: Charitable and philanthropic foundations, organizations and agencies if the moneys have not been dedicated for specific use by requirements of other sections of Oregon Revised Statutes; Miscellaneous receipts; Collection of fees from sal…
The State Board of Education may contract with school districts, community college districts and any institutions of higher learning in this state for the purpose of carrying out any phase of a project for which funds granted under ORS 327.485 are available and may reimburse such districts and institutions from such funds. The board may make advance payments…
All moneys received by the State Board of Education for distribution to school districts in this state for the purpose of carrying out experimental and demonstration programs to improve education and educator preparation in this state are continuously appropriated for such purpose. SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM ACCOUNT
The Summer Learning Program Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The account consists of moneys appropriated, allocated, deposited or transferred to the account by the Legislative Assembly or otherwise. The Department of Education, on behalf of the State of Oregon, may solicit and accept gifts, grants, …
The Legislative Assembly finds that: Within the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century in ORS chapter 329 there are established goals for high academic excellence, the application of knowledge and skills to demonstrate achievement and the development of lifelong learning skills to prepare students for the ever-changing world. Education is increasingly…
There is established a Quality Education Commission consisting of 11 members appointed by the Governor. The Governor may not appoint more than five members of the commission who are employed by a school district at the time of appointment. The term of office of each member is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Before the expira…
The Governor shall select one of the members of the Quality Education Commission as chairperson and another as vice chairperson, for such terms and with duties and powers necessary for the performance of the functions of those offices as the Governor determines. A majority of the members of the commission constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business…
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The quality goals for the state’s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education include those established under ORS 329.007, 329.015, 329.025, 329.045 and 329.065. Each biennium the Quality Education Commission shall determine the amount of moneys sufficient to ensure that the state’s system of kindergarten through grade 12 public education meets…
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The State Board of Education shall adopt by rule a uniform budget and accounting system for school districts and education service districts. The uniform budget and accounting system shall include uniform definitions for a chart of accounts that shall allow for valid comparisons of expenditures among schools and among districts. The uniform definitions for …
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As used in this section, “USDA Foods” means domestic agricultural products purchased by the United States Department of Agriculture for use in schools and other institutions that provide nutritional services to children. The Department of Education may accept and distribute USDA Foods available for either public or private nonprofit educational institutions…
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The School Foods Revolving Account, separate and distinct from the General Fund, is continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purposes of ORS 327.520. All moneys received under the provisions of ORS 327.520 shall be paid by the department to the State Treasurer for credit to the School Foods Revolving Account. Interest earned by the ac…
The Department of Education shall reimburse a school district, government agency or community group five cents for every breakfast or lunch the district, agency or group serves as a part of: The United States Department of Agriculture’s Summer Food Service Program; or A summer meals program through an existing national school lunch program. In addition to…
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A school or school district that meets the eligibility requirements of the special provisions of the United States Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program may offer reimbursable breakfasts, lunches or both at no charge and without consideration of individual eligibility by applying to the Department of Education.…
As used in this section, “eligible student” means a student who is eligible for free or reduced price meals under the United States Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program. A school district may make breakfast accessible at any school site and shall make breakfast accessible if required by this section. Subject…
A school district that makes meals accessible to students at school sites under the United States Department of Agriculture’s National School Lunch Program or School Breakfast Program: Must provide a United States Department of Agriculture reimbursable meal to a student who requests the meal: Unless the student’s parent or guardian has provided written per…
The Department of Education shall provide assistance to school districts, government agencies and community groups to encourage participation in the United States Department of Agriculture’s program that provides meals and snacks at at-risk after-school care centers. In addition to the assistance provided under subsection (1) of this section, the department…
For school districts with schools that provide United States Department of Agriculture reimbursable meals to students as described in ORS 327.531 and 327.535, the Department of Education shall reimburse the school districts for costs incurred by the school districts in providing the meals. The amounts of the reimbursements may not exceed the amounts prescrib…
The Hunger Free Schools Account is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. Moneys in the Hunger Free Schools Account are continuously appropriated to the Department of Education for the purpose of making reimbursements to school districts under ORS 327.545. Note: 327.548 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assemb…
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The State Treasurer shall serve as trustee of any federal aid to education funds apportioned to the State of Oregon.
The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall cause a review to be made of the accounts and financial affairs of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Department of Education affecting any funds acquired from the federal government to aid education, in the same manner and under the same conditions as provided…
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The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall provide, in the construction of school facilities financed in part through federal grants, for the enforcement of labor standards not less beneficial to employees on such projects than those required under sections 1 and 2 of the Act of Congress of August 30, 1935, as amended.
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The Legislative Assembly recognizes that: Various programs adopted by the Legislative Assembly and by various state and federal agencies have fiscal and revenue impact on school districts. To the greatest extent possible, state government should pay an appropriate share of expenses incurred by the districts as the result of mandates from the Legislative As…
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As used in ORS 327.700 to 327.711, unless the context requires otherwise: “State education lottery bonds” means the bonds authorized to be issued under ORS 327.711 for the purpose of financing state education projects. “State education projects” means projects for instructional training and the acquisition, construction, improvement, remodeling, maintenanc…
The Legislative Assembly declares that the purpose of ORS 327.700 to 327.711 is to authorize lottery bonds for state education projects. The lottery bonds authorized by ORS 327.700 to 327.711 shall be issued pursuant to ORS 286A.560 to 286A.585. The obligation of the State of Oregon with respect to the lottery bonds and with respect to any grant agreement or…
The Legislative Assembly finds that: The financing of the costs of state education projects accomplishes the purpose of financing public education in Oregon, as well as having the additional effect of creating jobs and furthering economic development in Oregon by: Maintaining and increasing the utility, effectiveness and capacity of public education facili…
The Legislative Assembly may pay state education lottery bond debt service after the 1997-1999 biennium from earnings on the Education Stability Fund. However, no lien or pledge of those earnings shall be made to secure the lottery bonds, and the State of Oregon shall have no legal obligation to pay the lottery bonds from the earnings on the Education Stabil…
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Subject to rules of the State Board of Education, the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall distribute a share of moneys in the School Capital Construction, Maintenance and Technology Fund to school districts as education project grants. The education project grants shall be distributed in one payment each distribution year. The education project grants…
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The State Board of Education shall identify and make recommendations to the Legislative Assembly about programs that make strategic investments to: Advance the educational goals of this state, as described in ORS 350.014; Improve the employability of graduates from Oregon public schools; Close the achievement gap that exists between historically underserv…
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The State Board of Education shall establish the Guidance and Support for Post-Secondary Aspirations Program to: Increase the number of students in the ninth grade who are making satisfactory progress toward a high school diploma, a modified diploma or an extended diploma; and Increase the number of students who earn a high school diploma, a modified diplo…
The State Board of Education shall establish the Connecting to the World of Work Program to: Increase students’ proficiency in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and Connect students to the world of work. To accomplish the purposes of the Connecting to the World of Work Program, the State Board of Education shall identify programs for the d…
As used in ORS 327.825 to 327.845: “Early elementary grades” means any grade from prekindergarten through grade three. “Elementary school” means a school of a school district, or a public charter school, with students in early elementary grades. “High-dosage tutoring” means one-on-one tutoring or tutoring in small groups, as determined by rule of the Stat…
The Early Literacy Success Initiative is established by ORS 327.825 to 327.845. The purposes of the initiative are to: Increase early literacy for children from birth to grade three; Reduce early literacy academic disparities for student groups that have historically experienced academic disparities; Increase support to parents and guardians to enable th…
As part of the Early Literacy Success Initiative, the Department of Education shall establish and administer the Early Literacy Success School Grant program. Under the program, the department shall award annual grants to school districts and to public charter schools that are elementary schools. The grants must be used to implement the purposes of the Early…
Any school district or public charter school that is an elementary school may apply for a noncompetitive grant under the Early Literacy Success School Grant program as provided by ORS 327.829 to 327.837. Grants awarded under ORS 327.833 are not competitive, but a school district or public charter school must comply with the requirements prescribed by ORS 32…
The Department of Education shall award an Early Literacy Success School Grant to an eligible school district or public charter school that applies for a grant as provided by ORS 327.831. Moneys received under this section must be used as described in ORS 327.829 (2). A school district with an average daily membership, as defined in ORS 327.006, of 50 or le…
Each recipient of an Early Literacy Success School Grant under ORS 327.833 must submit an annual report to the Department of Education. The report required under this section must include: The school district’s or public charter school’s progress toward achieving the goals established in the early literacy success plan, as described in ORS 327.831 (3); An…
Based on the reports submitted under ORS 327.835, the Department of Education shall monitor a school district’s or a public charter school’s progress toward achieving the goals established in the early literacy success plan, as described in ORS 327.831 (3). The department shall intervene when a school district or public charter school does not meet the goal…
As part of the Early Literacy Success Initiative, the Department of Early Learning and Care shall establish and implement the Birth Through Five Literacy Plan. The purposes of the plan are to: Expand culturally specific early literacy programs for children from birth through five years of age by: Encouraging family and caregiver engagement; and Providing…
The Birth Through Five Literacy Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Birth Through Five Literacy Fund shall consist of: Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the Birth Through Five Literacy Fund by the Legislative Assembly; and Other amounts deposited in the fund from any source. Moneys in …
As part of the Early Literacy Success Initiative, the Department of Education shall establish and administer the Early Literacy Success Community Grant program. The purposes of the grant program are to: Expand culturally and linguistically responsive early literacy programs for children in early elementary grades by: Encouraging family and caregiver engag…
The Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund. The Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund shall consist of: Moneys appropriated or otherwise transferred to the Early Literacy Success Community Grant Fund by the Legislative Assembly; and Other amounts deposited in the …
ORS 327.853 to 327.895 shall be known as the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Act. Note: 327.850 to 327.895 were enacted into law but were not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 327 or any series therein by law. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
As used in ORS 327.853 to 327.895: “Chronic absenteeism” means a student has missed 10 percent or more of school days, including excused, nonexcused and disciplinary exclusion, within a school year. “English Language Learner” has the meaning given that term in ORS 336.079. “High school student” means a student enrolled in grades 9 through 12 or age level …
The High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund is established in the State Treasury, separate and distinct from the General Fund, for the purposes of improving the graduation rates and college and career readiness of all high school students in Oregon. Interest earned by the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund shall…
Subject to ORS 327.880 and 327.886, the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund shall be apportioned to each school district based on the extended weighted average daily membership of high school students computed: As provided in ORS 327.013 (1)(c), for common or union high school districts. By multiplying the average daily membership …
The amounts appropriated, allocated or otherwise made available under ORS 327.856 and apportioned under ORS 327.859 shall be in addition to the total amount the Legislative Assembly would otherwise appropriate, allocate or make available for a biennium for funding kindergarten through grade 12 public education. Note: See note under 327.850.
A school district shall use a portion of the funds apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand career and technical education programs in high schools that are relevant to the job market in the community or region the school district serves. For purposes of this section, establishment or expansion of a career and technical education program include…
A school district shall use a portion of the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand college-level educational opportunities for students in high schools. For purposes of this section, the college-level educational opportunities must include: Advanced placement, International Baccalaureate or comparable college-level courses; or Dual c…
A school district shall use a portion of the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand dropout-prevention strategies in all high schools. For purposes of this section, the dropout-prevention strategies must include: Implementing activities designed to reduce chronic absenteeism; Establishing and maintaining data management systems that p…
A school district must use the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859 to establish or expand programs, opportunities and strategies under ORS 327.865, 327.868 and 327.871 and may not use the amount apportioned to maintain programs, opportunities and strategies established prior to December 8, 2016, except when a use is necessary to replace the loss or expirati…
To qualify for an apportionment under ORS 327.859, a school district must: Meet the requirements for eligibility adopted by the State Board of Education under ORS 327.883; and Obtain approval of a biennial plan for the proposed use of the amount apportioned under ORS 327.859. Note: See note under 327.850.
If a school district applies, but does not qualify for, an apportionment under ORS 327.859 and 327.877, the Department of Education shall: Retain the amount of the apportionment the school district would have received if the school district had qualified for the apportionment; and Prepare a corrective action plan for the school district; The department ma…
The State Board of Education shall by rule adopt eligibility requirements, biennial plan guidelines, biennial plan submission deadlines, reporting criteria and audit processes to ensure that amounts apportioned under ORS 327.859 improve students’ progress toward graduation beginning with grade 9, increase the graduation rates of high schools and improve high…
For the biennium beginning July 1, 2017, the Department of Education may retain up to one and one-half percent of the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund for purposes of administering ORS 327.853 to 327.895. For biennia beginning on or after July 1, 2019, the department may retain up to one and one-quarter percent of the fund for pu…
A school district may not use more than five percent of an apportionment under ORS 327.859 for administrative costs. A school district may not use an apportionment to administer activities not directly related to the programs, opportunities and strategies described in ORS 327.865, 327.868 and 327.871. From the portion of the apportionment used for administ…
To ensure the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund improves students’ progress toward graduation beginning with grade 9, graduation rates and college and career readiness, the Department of Education shall: Monitor the performance of school districts that receive apportionments under ORS 327.859, including students’ progress toward g…
Not later than December 31, 2020, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall conduct financial and program audits of the uses of the High School Graduation and College and Career Readiness Fund and the effectiveness of the fund in achieving the purposes of the fund. The Secretary of State shall submit the audit reports to the Legislative A…
To increase student achievement and to improve graduation rates, college preparation and career placement for students enrolled in secondary agricultural education courses, the Department of Education shall coordinate with the Oregon FFA Association to: Enroll each student registered in a grades 9 through 12 school agricultural education program for a minim…
The Department of Education shall establish and administer a grant program for the purpose of funding extended duty contracts in school districts to allow school district personnel to manage approved programs of study in agricultural science and technology during the summer months between school years. A school district that applies for a grant under subsec…
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