Oregon Revised Statutes
For purposes of this chapter: “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. “Merger” includes only those proceedings in which the entire territory of an involved school district is merged. The permanent rate limit …
For public school purposes, this state is divided into subdivisions known as school districts. For purposes of the school laws of this state, unless the context requires otherwise: “School district” includes a common school district, a joint school district and a union high school district. “Common school district” means a school district, other than a un…
BOUNDARY CHANGE AND MERGER PROCEDURES
The governing body of a county shall constitute the district boundary board for laying off the county in convenient school districts. 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. The district boundary board shall make alterati…
The district boundary board shall enter an order directing a school district to be merged with an adjoining school district designated by the board if it finds that continuation of the district is not required because of geographic factors affecting transportation or because of sparsity of population and if: The school district fails to maintain and operate…
The boundaries of a school district may not be changed except: Pursuant to ORS 330.090 (1) or (3). By a vote of the people pursuant to the lengthening of the course of study under ORS chapter 335. 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. On a request for …
Subject to ORS 332.118, the request or petition for proposed change or merger in school districts shall: Be directed to the district boundary board of the county or counties having jurisdiction over the affected school districts; Contain the names and numbers of districts affected by the change; Contain a concise statement of the type of change requested …
Before the proposed change or merger is ordered, the district boundary board shall give notice in the manner provided in ORS 330.400 of the proposed change or merger and the session of the board at which it will be ordered. If no remonstrance petition on the change or merger is submitted requiring an election as provided in subsection (2) of this section, th…
When a school district boundary change or merger becomes final according to ORS 308.225 (2)(a) and the change or merger: 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. Occurs between March 31 and June 30, inclusive, the change or merger shall take effect May 31 of the fo…
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 t…
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 p…
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: 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 distr…
When changes in school district boundaries are made by the detachment of territory or annexation of less than an entire school district to another, the district school boards of the districts affected by each change shall immediately after the change make an equitable division of the then existing assets and liabilities between the districts affected by such…
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…
NOTICE
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 tha…
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